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George Washington admits to chopping down a tree because he cannot lie is a good example of creating a myth because it made history and remained as one of the interesting passages in the early life of George Washington. With the pass of time, this myth has been accepted by people and is part of teh folklore and the good reputation of George Washington as an exemplary founding father, leader of the Continental Army, and the first President of the United States.
The myth says that Washington cut a cherry tree when he was a boy. He had a hatch, and he cut it. His father confronted him a young George accepted his fault because he was very honest.
It is said that one of his biographers, Mason Locke Weems invented the myth.