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In The Life Of George Washington

PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF WASHINGTON’S LIFE - as identified by Chief Justice John Marshall, with supplementary events selected by Rev. Bill McGinnis.

1732 Washington born February 22, Westmoreland County, Virginia

1743 Father, Augustine Washington, dies

1751 (Nov. - Dec.) Visits island of Barbados with brother Lawrence
Details of Barbados Visit - Website of George Washington House and Museum - Barbados

1753 Envoy from Governor of Virginia to French army on the Ohio

1754 Victorious commander in first battle of French and Indian War, Colonel

1755 Volunteer aide to British General Braddock; appointed Commander in Chief of Virginia militia, Colonel

1758–74 Elected to Virginia House of Burgesses

1759 Marries Mrs. Martha Dandridge Custis, widow of John Custis (by whom she is mother of two children)

1774–75 Elected to First and Second Continental Congresses

1775–83 General and Commander in Chief of the Army of the United Colonies; field commander mostly in middle colonies

1775–76 Commands in victory at Boston

1776 Fortifies New York city, loses battle of Long Island, evacuates New York, eventually retreats to New Jersey and across Delaware River to Pennsylvania; recrosses for victory at Trenton

1777 Commander in victory at Princeton; retreats after battles of Brandywine, Germantown; winter at Valley Forge

1778 Commander in victory at Monmouth; winter at Middlebrook

1779–80 British shift war to the south; Washington plans with French allies, skirmishes with British in middle colonies

1781 Abandons plan against New York, conceives and commands victorious Yorktown campaign

1783 Resigns commission to Congress, retires to Mount Vernon

1784–86 Hosts interstate conference on Potomac navigation, promotes further conferences on trade, taxes

1787 Elected President of Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia

1789–97 First President of the United States

1789 Unanimous vote by electoral college; Inauguration; appoints cabinet; tours New England (except Rhode Island)

Establishes Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday, October 3, 1789. See details at http://lifeofgeorgewashington.org/georgewashingtonsthanksgivingproclamation.html - with MP3 audio reading.

1791 Plans Washington, D.C., with L’Enfant; tours southern states

1792 First of two vetoes (apportionment of House); unanimous choice of electoral college for President

1793 Second Inauguration; Neutrality Proclamation; requests recall of French ambassador Genęt; Jefferson resigns as Secretary of State to lead opposition party

1794 Appoints John Jay special ambassador to Britain; suppresses Whiskey Rebellion; Hamilton resigns as Secretary of the Treasury

1795 Submits Jay Treaty to Senate for ratification

1796 Rejects House request for Jay Treaty documents; refuses third term, issues Farewell Address

1797 Attends Inauguration of President Adams; retires to Mount Vernon

1798 At Adams’s insistence, appointed Lieutenant General and Commander in Chief as war threatens with France

1799 Dies of severe cold, (throat infection) December 14; buried in family vault at Mount Vernon, December 18
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1802 Martha Washington dies and is buried in family vault

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