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more than 6000 acres of land by
expanding land and receiving land
from the Virginian state. He lived
an aristocratic lifestyle, one that
included the regular leisurely fox
hunting and parties with music and
dance.
He increased in social statue in
As a respected military officer Virginia until he was considered
and a large landowner, George the leader of the social elite in the
Washington began to increase the state, presenting the Virginian
amount of land that his plantation, government with an act to embargo
named Mount Vernon, had, and he luxuries imported from Britain. His
had well over a hundred slaves and faltering business, namely due to
