Season 1 will trace the evolution of George Washington ... the British crown interfered in American lucrative Western lands.

(Special Collections, Library of Virginia) “Miami’s statue of Washington—its origin and travels over a 97-year period,” Miami Alumnus Vol. 16, No. 8, May, 1963, p. 11. * National Society Daughters of ...

If George Washington’s audacity on January 3, 1777, had not reversed the patriots’ retreat and routed the advancing British, the American Revolution might have been extinguished. Yet such is ...

By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability and expectation; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped ...

A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George ... secured American independence. Though eager to retire at war's end, Washington ...

Aaron Burr, who served briefly on his staff during the Revolution, considered George Washington a second-rate general. Alexander Hamilton, on the other hand, admired him and stood by his side as ...

1. What year was George Washington born? A) 1722 B) 1732 C) 1742 D) 1752 Answer: B) 1732 2. What role did Washington play in the American Revolutionary War? A) Governor of Virginia B) Diplomat to ...

In 1776, as George Washington was leading the Continental Army through some of the earliest battles of the American Revolution, disease posed a greater threat to his forces than British troops.

The Englishman’s pamphlet helped spur the 13 colonies to declare independence from Britain Sonja Anderson How a lively market on Boston Harbor became part of many defining moments of the ...

During the Revolutionary War, conditions were dismal for American colonists. Against heavy odds ... Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed ...

That famous description of George ... Press But Washington had also experienced other aspects of war—the meddling of politicians and the disdain of the British for the American officers.