The First Continental Congress formed in response to the ... creating the Continental Army, electing George Washington as its commander and issuing paper currency. It asked each colony to provide ...
Yet Washington was aware that politics is perception — including the perception of his personal finances. As the national ...
Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house ... and one of Virginia’s seven elected delegates to the First Continental Congress. In August 1774, he left Mount Vernon for ...
There’s a historic myth that George Washington rejected an offer to serve as king instead of president for leading the ...
In 1776, as George Washington was leading the Continental ... from the Continental Congress—prevented a potentially disastrous defeat, and made him the country’s first public health advocate.” ...
The First Continental Congress formed in response to the ... creating the Continental Army, electing George Washington as its commander and issuing paper currency. It asked each colony to provide ...