He hoped to join the British Army, some day, and fought in the French and Indian War. ... Those inside did not surrender because they feared that Anthony Wayne's men, still furious ... After the War.
George Washington (1732-99) was commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and served two terms as the first U.S. president, from 1789 to 1797. The son of a prosperous planter, Washington was raised in colonial Virginia.
