109 - George Washington the Politician and Military Leader

In the latest episode of Growing Patriots Podcast, we’re getting to the George Washington most of us know — as a politician and military leader.

George Washington by Charles Willson Peale, 1776. WH Historical Foundation.

This episode goes into:

• The First Continental Congress 
  

• and the Second Continental Congress
  

• Washington being named commander of the Continental Army — and how he reacted
  
  

• His time leading the military in the American Revolution — and how his leadership and grit held things together against all odds

• What happened after Yorktown — and how he stopped a rebellion

• The Treaty of Paris which officially ended the war — and why resigning his military commission was a great show of strength

And all he wanted once the war was over was a private life. 

 Of course, that didn’t mean that’s what Americans wanted. 

 And that’s what we will talk about in the next episode.