George Washington led a party of Virginia soldiers ... The British had emerged victorious from the French and Indian War, or the Seven Years’ War as it was known in a global context: When ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house ... the French and Indian war which was part of the larger Seven Years’ War that raged across Europe from 1756-1763.

And no one is more appealing than George Washington ... of the United States in revolution almost 250 years ago we have witnessed civil war and civil rights, we know the ongoing legacies of ...

He was inaugurated as the nation’s first president two years later ... the news release. Washington at one time owned as many as 70,000 acres of land across what is now seven states, according ...

As commander in chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, George Washington recruited untrained colonial forces for six years until the surrender of the British in October 1781.

Editor's note: This is an abridged version of chapter one from "George Washington and the Irish ... The British ships had sailed for home after seven years of occupying New York; their grasp ...