George Washington was a leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolution, and was the first to become U.S. president.
The Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau to the north have risen very rapidly. In just 50 million years, peaks such as Mt. Everest have risen to heights of more than 9 km. The impinging of the two landmasses has yet to end. The Himalayas continue to rise more than 1 cm a year -- a growth rate of 10 km in a million years!
These can cause earthquakes, but that does not cause the mountain to form, just a symptom. For instance the Indian sub-continent is pushing northward into Asia and meeting resistance. The result is uplift and the Himalayan Mountains are formed and still growing.