 ... France fought for control of the Upper Mississippi Valley. In 1759 Washington was elected to the House of Burgesses, the colonial legislature in Virginia*, and from that position he became a leading figure in the American movement for independence...  Historical Dictionary of the British Empireаутор(и): - 1996 - 1254 страницаПриказ није доступан - О овој књизи
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - 1913 - 248 страница
...the hopes of the country to him, when the tyranny of England drove her American colonies to revolt. He was a delegate to the first and second Continental Congresses, and the second appointed him commander-in-chief of the American forces. He took command of the armies under... | |
 | Meriwether Lewis, State Historical Society of Wisconsin - 1916 - 486 страница
...Revolutionary soldier and statesman, born at Dover, Del., in 1730, and died at the same place in 1784. He was a delegate to the first and second continental congresses and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. •The letter is printed in Thwaites, VII, 269-70. The... | |
 | Curtis Hutson - 2000 - 264 страница
...fought publicly against the Stamp Act, and in 1 766, he wrote newspaper essays for the Boston Gazette. He was a delegate to the first and second Continental Congresses, and he was especially influential in securing the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. He was a... | |
 | Alan Axelrod - 2002 - 420 страница
...of Virginia's opposition to Britain's oppressive colonial policies. During 1774 and 1775, Washington was a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses, and in June 1 775 was unanimously chosen as commander in chief of the Continental forces, which he led brilliantly.... | |
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