George Washington TimeLine By nsdreaper Feb 22, 1732 George Washington is born in Popes Creek Plantation, Westmoreland County 1750 George Washington works privately as a surveyor. Mar 15, 1754 Washington is given the rank of major in the Virginia Militia 1755 Braddock and 2000 British regulars arrive in America 1759 Washington is elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and serves for the next 15 years Dec 16, 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1774 George Washington is elected as a delegate to the First Continental Congress Jul 4, 1776 The Declaration of Independence is signed. 1777 General Washington is defeated at the battle of Brandywin 1778 The French declares war against Britain and joins the colonists to help them fight for their freedom 1781 The French and Americans begin their attack on the British at Yorktown 1781 The British under the command of General Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown November 5, 1781 1783 George Washington delivers his farewell address to the army 1789 Mary Ball Washington, George's mother dies 1794 The Jay Treaty is signed to maintain trade with Great Britain 1797 Washington retires to Mount Vernon 1798 The Quasi War with France Dec 12, 1799 George Washington gets ill during a ride on his plantation Dec 14, 1799 George Washington dies, at the age of 67, of a throat infection that was made worse by the medical treatment that he received. 1800 The Quasi War with France Ends
