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 ...

1. George Washington’s military career began with the French and Indian War. This portrait of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale depicts what Washington would have looked like in his ...

The dramatic documentary tells the story of the French and Indian War (1754-1763), which ... A central figure is George Washington, a brash and ambitious young officer in his twenties hoping ...

George Washington First president of the United States: 1789-1797 General and commander in chief, Continental Army: 1775-1783 After his service in the French and Indian War, Washington ...

The site of the first skirmish of the seven-year-long French and Indian War has been verified ... by then 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington marching under the British Flag were ...

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 ...

The Battle of Lake George will be re-enacted Sept ... for a weekend encampment and re-enactment of a pivotal battle in the French and Indian War. The encampment will be open to the public and ...

Both women were writing to their husbands, French sailors on the ... by a 22-year-old unknown named George Washington, it erupted into the Seven Years’ War, a global conflict fought on five ...

I prefer to honor George Washington on Independence Day. Growing up in Erie County, I became fascinated with him while studying the French and Indian War in high school. I found it astonishing ...