https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li Made with frustration en-us 2018-04-05 18:42:09 UTC 2023-06-23 06:13:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Terminator.png termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249009335 George Washington is born in Westmoreland County Virginia  on February  22, 1732 to Augustine Washington and his second wife Mary Ball]]> 2018-04-05 18:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249009335 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249027099 On Christmas eve George Washington's house was burned down in the middle of the night.not a lot is known on this subject because it was founded out a couple of years ago. ]]> 2018-04-05 19:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249027099 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249089604 Washington family moves to Ferry Farm (a plantation on the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg)]]> 2018-04-06 01:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249089604 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249089917  George’s father, dies.  George Washington is only 11 years old. Although George Washington is the older child of his household, Augustine leaves most of his property to his sons from his first marriage.  Following the death of his father, George Washington’s formal education ended.  Washington inherited 10 slaves from his father’s estate.]]> 2018-04-06 01:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249089917 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249090304  George Washington is appointed county surveyor of the frontier county of Culpeper when he was only 16.]]> 2018-04-06 01:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249090304 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249090505 George Washington travels to Barbados with his half-brother Lawrence in an attempt to cure the latter of a respiratory illness.]]> 2018-04-06 01:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249090505 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249090517 2018-04-06 01:46:16 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249090517 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249090926  Virginia Governor Robert Dinwiddie sends Major George Washington to the Ohio Valley to deliver a message to the French, demanding that they leave the area.  A few months later, Major Washington and 150 soldiers to the Ohio Valley to fight for Virginia’s claim of the land.  Washington’s men engaged in a combative confrontation with French soldiers.  Following this skirmish, Washington and his men retreated to the makeshift Fort Necessity, where Washington was forced to surrender.  ]]> 2018-04-06 01:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249090926 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249091211 2018-04-06 01:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249091211 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249091221 2018-04-06 01:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249091221 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249091226 2018-04-06 01:52:38 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249091226 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249091242  Virginia Governor Robert Dinwiddie sends Major George Washington to the Ohio Valley to deliver a message to the French, demanding that they leave the area.  A few months later, Major Washington and 150 soldiers to the Ohio Valley to fight for Virginia’s claim of the land.  Washington’s men engaged in a combative confrontation with French soldiers.  Following this skirmish, Washington and his men retreated to the makeshift Fort Necessity, where Washington was forced to surrender.  This event deeply embarrassed Washington and he resigned his commission.  This failed campaign also sparked the French and Indian War.]]> 2018-04-06 01:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249091242 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249091862 On January 6, 1759, George Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis.  A native of the Tidewater region of Virginia, Martha Custis was a young widow who had inherited an enormous amount of wealth after the passing of her first husband]]> 2018-04-06 01:59:23 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249091862 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249092079  George Washington was a Gentleman Farmer at Mount Vernon in the years between his marriage to Martha and the onset of the American Revolution.]]> 2018-04-06 02:01:33 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249092079 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249092164 The newly formed Congress appointed George Washington to be the commander of the Continental Army.  Washington would hold this position for the entirety of the American Revolution, totaling eight years]]> 2018-04-06 02:02:24 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249092164 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249092360 Following the end of the American Revolution, Washington addressed Congress on December 23 in Annapolis and resigned his commission.]]> 2018-04-06 02:04:07 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249092360 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249092512 Although determined to retire from public life after the Revolutionary War, Washington enters the public sphere and is unanimously elected president of what is now known as the Constitutional Convention]]> 2018-04-06 02:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249092512 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249092612 2018-04-06 02:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249092612 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249092621 Although determined to retire from public life after the Revolutionary War, Washington enters the public sphere and is unanimously elected president of what is now known as the Constitutional Convention]]> 2018-04-06 02:06:07 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249092621 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249092677 George washington became president again.]]> 2018-04-06 02:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249092677 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249092890 Refusing a third term, Washington retired from the presidency and all public life.  By leaving office after two terms, Washington set a precedent that has been held to by most of the American presidents who followed him.  He returns to Mount Vernon and enjoys a peaceful retirement]]> 2018-04-06 02:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249092890 termariun_richardson https://padlet.com/termariun_richardson/l0urqjebu9li/wish/249092988 George Washington passed away on December 14 from a throat infection called epiglottitis in his bedroom at Mount Vernon. He was surrounded by close friends and his loving wife Martha.

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