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 ...

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 ...

General and President George ... But Washington could be brutal, too. As a lieutenant colonel in the Virginia Regiment in 1754, he fired the first shot in what would become the French and Indian ...

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 ...

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 ...

George Washington, at age 21 ... The French did not leave, and the French and Indian War soon followed. "By designating Washington's Trail as a national historic trail, we create an opportunity ...