George Washington is an American icon for many important reasons. As the Continental Army’s commander-in-chief and the ...

Lavoisier had assumed control of France’s national gunpowder production. Considered the founder of the Chemical Revolution, ...

the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, appointing General George Washington as its commander. Men from all walks of life answered the call, united by ...

The Continental Army thus became America’s first national institution. The next step was to select a commander in chief. George Washington of Virginia was the favored choice because of his ...

is a plantation owner who dies when George is 11. June 15, 1775 Having served with distinction in the French and Indian War, Washington is appointed as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army ...

The story of Peter Francisco may have ended in Richmond, but it began in the Azores, which is 3,000 miles away from Richmond, ...

George Washington was the first president of the US. He's widely-regarded as the father of the country. Here's a look at the typical schedule he stuck to when he was at his Mount Vernon plantation.

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After the Bristish occupying army left Boston, Washington issued ... even as delegates to the Continental Congress struggled to sustain the fiction that George III remained a friend to American ...

Though they worked in close proximity for years, Alexander Hamilton and George Washington ... first attracted the attention of Continental Army Commander Washington during the retreat from ...

A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George ... nominated Washington to be commander of the Continental Army.