Who is the “Father of Our Country”?

Why this is the answer

George Washington. The official list prints it as "(George) Washington," and the parentheses mean the first name is optional, so "Washington" alone is accepted. The title rests on more than one job. When war with Great Britain broke out in 1775 and soon spread to all thirteen colonies, the colonists created an army and named Washington its general, and USCIS's study guide points to that command as one reason he carries the name. He led the Continental Army to victory and then retired to his farm in Virginia, Mount Vernon. He did not stay retired. He came back to help create the new country's system of government and presided over the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. When the states approved the Constitution and the new government began, he was elected the first President, took the oath of office at Federal Hall in New York City, and served from 1789 to 1797. So he was there for the three moments that made the country: winning independence, writing the Constitution, and starting the government it created. He did not write the founding documents, and that is where people slip. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, and Benjamin Franklin was the oldest delegate at the Convention. Both are famous founders, so their names come to mind under pressure, but neither is the answer. Nor do you need to explain anything: this is a "who" question, and the name is the whole answer, so there is no reason to add his titles or dates. The same name answers the next question on the list, "Who was the first President?", which makes the pair worth studying together: one name, two questions. If you go blank, retrace his career in order, general, then head of the Convention, then first President, and the name follows.