the first us president known to all americans as "the father of the nation" was george washington.he was born in virginia into a planter's family.when he was 11 his father died.the family had a lot of land but not enough money to send george to school in england as rich families used to do at that time.george learned to ride a horse,to hunt,shoot,sail and swim.george washington began his career in the service of his county as a major in virginia militia and later became commander in chief of colonial army during revolutionary war.he was among those who wrote the us constitution in philadelphia.people respected him for his wisdom and honesty.after the war george wanted to retire and live at mount vernon where he had a beautiful house and a big platation.on april 30, 1789,before a large crowd washington promised to preserve,protect and defend the constitution of usa.this is how gw became the first president of the contry and served 2 terms.he refused a 3rd term and in 1797 he retired to mount vernon where he died 2 years later
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bodiam castle (bodiam), located in sussex (england), stands near the river rother (rother), almost on the border of kent and sussex.it belongs to the rare breed of "residential locks," the last true castles in england. preserving the function of the fortress, he, in contrast to the more ancient strongholds, is also suitable for life, and beautifully decorated, showing guests and neighbors, wealth, value and good taste of the owner.when, in 1360 m edward the third signed a peace treaty with bretini in which he renounced claims to the french crown, but retained the aquitaine, calais and other provinces, it is not really thought about the evacuation of the remnants of his troops to england. those people who find themselves in a foreign country under threat of death, rallied. thus were formed the so-called floor units or routiers - private armies officially serve the king, but in fact were selling their services to the highest bidder.
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