Answer: A just and lasting peace achieved by ending secret treaties; freedom of the seas, free trade, and reduced national armies and navies; granting self-determination; and establishing a world peace organization.
George Washington (1732-99) was commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and served two terms as the first U.S. president, from 1789 to 1797. The son of a prosperous planter, Washington was raised in colonial Virginia.
