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 Continental Army ...

George Washington, who led America ... When war broke out in 1775, he became commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. In war, Washington's battle record was mixed. He won brilliant victories ...

In 1776, as George Washington was leading the Continental Army through some of the earliest ... until his death at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775. The following year, Abigail Adams inoculated ...

Had George Washington been less ambivalent, more blacks might have participated on the Patriot side than with the Loyalists. When he took command of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington barred ...