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George Washington was born at Pope's Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia in 1732.
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Washington was appointed surveyor of Culpepper County, Virginia in 1749.
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George Washington begins his military career as a Major.
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Washington and British Capt. James Mackay were forced to surrender once French and Indian troops overtook Fort Necessity. This would ignite the French and Indian War.
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Washington would to return to the frontier, after an embarrassing defeat at Fort Necessity, under the leadership of General Braddock. Washington viewed Braddock as an experienced, professional officer.
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George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis, a women of enormous wealth. This would be her second marriage and Washington's first.
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George Washington was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army at the second Continental Congress.
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After being elected Commander in Chief, Washington took command of his troops in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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In anticipation of the many enlistments that would soon be up, Washington made a daring call. Cross the Delaware River on Christmas night and attack the unsuspecting British at Trenton.
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Washington's army forces the surrender of Cornwallis and the British at Yorktown.
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After 8 long hard fought years, the Revolutionary War ends September 3, 1783.
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Washington stands before Congress, resigns his commission, and returns home to Mount Vernon.
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Washington's discontent with a weak union leads him to preside over the Continental Convention. Soon after the Continental Convention George Washington would become our first and only president elected unanimously. He took the Oath of Office in April 1789.
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George Washington would refuse a third term as President of the United States and retire to Mount Vernon in 1796.
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George Washington died in 1799, spending only 3 years in retirement, from a throat infection.
