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Contrary to the glorified version of Washington as we know him to be, he was actually a greedy man who valued land higher than life. He proved this when he was rewarded with vast amounts of land after he saved a couple hundred men from General Braddock's army's defeat. By taking the land he gave up the respect of many because the surviving soldiers were given nothing for their efforts.

He managed to turn this around when he was chosen to lead the colonial army through the American Revolution, which even through the bleakest of moments, he was able to emerge victorious.

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