Thus George Washington, at age 16 ... As general, he figured out how to fight the British starting with no army at all. As President, Washington managed to get the best out of men as opposed ...

Two days earlier Thomas Hickey, a member of the elite guard responsible for protecting George Washington ... one concocted by British loyalists to assassinate Washington, who at the time was ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house ... Gradually, he learned to fight the British more strategically, using local militia to harass them and avoiding “a general action ...

Against heavy odds, Washington outmaneuvered British forces to lead the colonists to victory ... Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed ...

George Washington, who had been leading the ... But Washington knew the fight had given the British pause. As he wrote in his letter, should the enemy raid again, he was sure the American people ...

Near Toledo, Ohio, Washington sent federal troops to fight seven tribes of Native Americans in ... and that by the Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton (supporter of the British). In 1794, George ...

While the Patriots were ultimately victorious in the American Revolution, choosing sides and deciding whether to fight in the ... served on the sea. Had George Washington been less ambivalent ...

A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George Washington led his own fight for independence in America. Washington was born on ...

George Washington was the recipient of the first ... in accordance with the prevailing spirit after he had driven the British from Boston in March 17, 1776, and "as an expression of the gratitude ...