“His Excellency,” is the name Washington is addressed as by his officers and men. The colonists were mostly loyal to the English crown and sought protection from French and Indian hostilities.Ĭlick here to see the rest of this review Washington begins his apprenticeship as a surveyor of unsettled lands west of the Allegheny Mountains before he petitions Governor Dinwiddie to serve under British General Edward Braddock who has been sent to put down the insurrection of French military streaming south from Canada. He ended his formal education after primary school, not attending college but instead opting for a military career. Washington was big for his day, athletic for someone of his size, and was a skilled horseman. Born the second son, therefore without inheritance, of Augustine Washington and his second wife Mary Ball outside Fredericksburg, Virginia on February 22, 1732. In fact, he was a mortal man serving as an officer and a statesmen, during the creation of an historic new nation unlike any other the world had ever seen where the ideal of liberty and freedom for all is a radical concept in a world of dictatorial monarchies. How much more interesting this would have been if her thoughts and ideas could be included.George Washington never does chop down a cherry tree only to proclaim to his father he could not tell a lie nor throw a silver dollar across the Potomac River. Until the end is she barely mentioned and only then barely. From the beginning I was puzzled why Martha burned all the letters between her and George.
I need to know read about some of the other players, Hamilton, Franklin, Adams ect.
I know I will be using this for reference. I made many notes and underlined much in this book. I was also amazed to know how much Caspian knew about this time, and I have so much more to learn. Without knowing the results gives way more insight into history. It seemed like people threw tea into the bay, they fought for awhile and became a Nation.
I had never really thought much about America’s beginnings, never thought about the time before. Vernon this summer really helped for me to visualize this time period. I purchased and scanned sereval books on the American Revolution which helped clear up many areas for me. 2005 Wow, what a man! I knew so very little about this man or time, it was overwhelming at every page I would turn to held something new.
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