George Washington for Kids: His Life and Times with 21 Activities
To my parents who long ago first took me to Mount Ver non Yorktown Valley Forge
Acknowledgments aterial from The Papers of George Washington are reprinted with permission of the University of Vir ginia Press My thanks to the staff and historic interpreters at George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens Thanks to Paul Miller for his encouragement and computer expertise and to the Chael family and Peg Schlenker for their help in testing activities And to Neal and Justine Hendy for listen ing to many George Washington stories over the past few
Time Line 1732 George Washington is born February 22 in Virginia 1743 Washington's father Augustine dies 1748 Washington makes his first trip west as part of a surveying mission 1752 Washington's brother Lawrence dies 1753 21 year old Washington sent to warn the French out of the Ohio country 1754 Washington fights a skirmish with the French that begins the French and Indian War surrenders Fort Necessity to the French 1755 Washington serves under British general Edward Braddock during the Battle of Monongahela appointed head of Virginia forces assigned to pro tect the frontier 1758 Washington serves in the Forbes campaign against Fort Duquesne elected to Virginia's House of Burgesses 1759 Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis and settles at Mount Vernon 1765 Britain pays down war debt by taxing the colonies the Stamp Act is passed spurring riots in the colonies 1767 Townshend Acts ignite protests and boycotts of British goods 1773 Washington's stepdaughter Patsy Custis dies Bos ton citizens dump taxed tea into Boston Harbor 1774 Washington promotes a boycott of British
