George Washington for Kids: His Life and Times with 21 Activities
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
serves as a Virginia delegate to the First Continen tal Congress 1775 American Revolution begins when colonists fight British troops in Massachusetts Washington named commander in chief of the Continental Army 1776 Washington is defeated and retreats from New York army crosses the Delaware River and sur prises Hessian troops at Trenton 1777 American victory at Battle of Princeton Washin ton defeated at Brandywine and Germantown win ter camp at Valley Forge Pennsylvania 1778 Alliance made with France Battle of Monmouth 1779 Army suffers through winter at Morristown New 80 Jersey 1781 Washington with French aid defeats Cornwallis at Yorktown Virginia Washington's stepson Jacky dies 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the war signed Washington resigns his commission before Congress and returns to Mount Vernon 1787 Washington serves as president plan of government is written of the Constitutional Convention where a new 1789 Washington sworn in as the first president of the United States the French Revolution begins 1791 Washington chooses a site on the Potomac River for the new federal city 1792 Washington elected to a second term political split widens between cabinet members Hamilton and Jefferson 1793 France and England are at war Washington issues Proclamation of Neutrality 1794 Whiskey Rebellion erupts in western
Jay Treaty is signed in England 1795 Treaty with Spain allows the United States to use the Mississippi River 1796 Washington's Farewell Address is published 1797 Washington steps down from the presidency 1799 George Washington dies at Mount Vernon
