George Washington for Kids: His Life and Times with 21 Activities

George Washington for Kids: His Life and Times with 21 Activities — page 3
serves as a Virginia delegate to the First Continen tal Congress 1775 American Revolution begins when colonists fight British troops in Massachusetts Washington named commander in chief of the Continental Army 1776 Washington is defeated and retreats from New York army crosses the Delaware River and sur prises Hessian troops at Trenton 1777 American victory at Battle of Princeton Washin ton defeated at Brandywine and Germantown win ter camp at Valley Forge Pennsylvania 1778 Alliance made with France Battle of Monmouth 1779 Army suffers through winter at Morristown New 80 Jersey 1781 Washington with French aid defeats Cornwallis at Yorktown Virginia Washington's stepson Jacky dies 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the war signed Washington resigns his commission before Congress and returns to Mount Vernon 1787 Washington serves as president plan of government is written of the Constitutional Convention where a new 1789 Washington sworn in as the first president of the United States the French Revolution begins 1791 Washington chooses a site on the Potomac River for the new federal city 1792 Washington elected to a second term political split widens between cabinet members Hamilton and Jefferson 1793 France and England are at war Washington issues Proclamation of Neutrality 1794 Whiskey Rebellion erupts in western