George Washington's Life.

By moo182

  • George Washington is born in West-Moreland, VA.

  • Washington's family moves to Ferry Farm

  • Augustine Washington, George's father, dies.

  • Lawrence, Washington's Brother-in-law, dies

  • Robert Dinwiddie, sends Washington on a daring mission into the Virginia wilderness to contest French claims in the Ohio Country.

  • Washington resigns from Virginia Command.

  • Washington is elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.

  • Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis.

  • Washington is appointed commander in chief of the armed forces of the United Colonies.

  • Declaration of Independence is signed.

  • Washington crosses the Deleware River.

  • Washington sets up winter quarters in Valley Forge

  • Washington chairs the Constitutional Convention to revise them.

  • Washington takes oath, becomes first president.

  • Mary Ball Washington, George's mother, dies.

  • Washington backs Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton's plan for the national assumption of state debts.

  • Washington signs a bill into law that permanently places the nation's capital along the Potomac River.

  • Washington is re-elected president.

  • Washington Assumes Military Command

  • Washington drafts his will.

  • Washington passes away at Mount Vernon.