Timeline of His Life

1732 - Born February 22 in Westmoreland Country,

Virginia

1735 - His family moved to a large undeveloped

plantation later called Mount Vernon

1746 - Formal schooling ended at age 14 or 15

1753 - Carried British ultimatum telling French to

get off British land in the Ohio River Valley.

French refused and this lead to the French

and Indian War

1754 - Surrendered Fort Necessity in the French

and Indian War, to the French

1755 - Washington returns to fight the French as an

aide to General Braddock

1755 - Commanded Virginia's troops, as a colonel,

until 1758

1759 - Married Martha Dandridge Custis

1774 - Elected delegate to first Continental

Congress

1775 - Elected delegate to second Continental

Congress

1775 - On June 16, Washington is appointed

commander of the American army in the

Revolutionary War

1776 - On July 4th, Declaration of Independence is

adopted and the United States is born

1781 - Victory at Yorktown

1783 - Peace treaty signed and the Revolutionary

War was ended

1787 - Elected president of the Constitutional

Convention

1789 - Elected First President of the United States

1792 - Re-elected President of the United States

1798 - Commissioned lieutenant general and

commander-in-chief of new United States

army

1799 - Died at Mount Vernon at the age of 67