Before he led a revolution, George Washington sparked one. This video explores how a young officer’s ambush in the Ohio Valley helped ignite a global conflict—the Seven Years' War. Known in North ...

A mural at George Washington High School in San Francisco depicts the future founding father on the battlefield during the French and Indian War, including the Jumonville incident at top left.

Before he became the first U.S. president, George Washington helped ignite a global war. The French and Indian War saw empires battling for supremacy in the Americas, with Native nations caught in ...

He was from a distinguished and wealthy French ... revolutionary war, but before Washington’s election to the presidency. It is described in a bit of correspondence written by George Washington ...

His father, Augustine, is a plantation owner who dies when George is 11. June 15, 1775 Having served with distinction in the French and Indian War, Washington is appointed as commander-in-chief of ...

As commander in chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, George Washington recruited untrained colonial forces for six years until the surrender of the British in October 1781.

This included a few leading businessmen, such as Augustus and Lawrence Washington, half-brothers of George Washington. The group decided to send a letter to the French ... in the war for American ...

in November would direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of designating George ... French did not leave, and the French and Indian War soon followed. "By designating ...