He didn't do anything with the tree. It was a story written a book a 100 years AFTER his death to demonstrate that he didn't lie. It NEVER happened and was all made up for the book.
Actually, George Washington did not chop down a cherry tree, it is just a myth.
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The famous Cherry tree that is associated with George Washington was supposedly killed by him as a boy. He hit it with his hatchet. It was his father's favorite tree.
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George Washington did not chop down a cherry tree or say "I can't tell a lie, Pa". This apocryphal story was created by Mason Locke Weems better known as Parson Weems in A History of the Life and Death, Virtues and Exploits of General George Washington to show George Washington's honesty.