1754-1765 Pre Revolution Flashcards
(109 cards)
What were the French and Indian wars called in Europe
The seven years war
Where were the French building forts where the British claimed to own land
The forks of Ohio
Allegheny and monongahela rivers
Who was the governor that sent someone to the French to tell them they were encroaching? Who was sent?
Lieutenant governor Robert Dinwiddie sent George Washington.
When and where was George Washington born
Pope’s creek virginia on February 22, 1732
Who was GW dad? How old was GW when his dad died?
Augustine Washington died in 1743 when George was 11 years old
Who was GW role model
His older half brother Lawrence
How did the washingtons have their wealth
Land
What was GW first job
Surveyor
Who provided GW with surveying work
The fairfax family
When and how did Lawrence Washington die
Consumption(tuberculosis) in 1751
When GW went to Barbados with his brother what disease did he get and survive from.
Small pox
Who was the love of GW life
Sally fairfax
Why couldn’t GW marry Sally
She was already married
Who does GW marry and when
Martha Dandridge Custis in 1759
How many children do GW and Martha have
0
When was GW elected in the house of burgesses
1759
When was GW elected into the first continental congress
1774
When was GW elected into the second continental congress
1775
How does GW campaign for a continental army
He wears his French and Indian war uniform to second continental congress
What position was GW given in the continental army
Commander
What was the land that GW got after his Lawrence and his wife died
Mount Vernon
When did GW surrender his position of commander of continental army
December 23, 1783
First written form of government in America
Articles of confederation
When did GW become first president
1789-1797