The following is a chronological statement of the principal events connected with this narrative: | 1732 | Birth of Washington. | | 1748-51 | Surveyor. | | 1751 | Adjutant of Virginia troops. | | 1753 | Commander of a military district. | | 1753-54 | Mission to French authorities. | | 1754 | Appointed lieutenant-colonel. | | 1755 | Braddock’s defeat. | | 1758 | Reduction of Fort Duquesne. | | 1759 | Marriage. | | 1775 | Delegate to Continental Congress. | | 1775 | Appointed commander-in-chief. | | 1776 | British evacuate Boston. | | 1776 | American defeat, Long Island. | | 1777 | Victory of Princeton. | | 1777 | Defeat at Germantown. | | 1778 | Drawn battle at Monmouth. | | 1781 | Surrender of Cornwallis. | | 1783 | Resigned his commission. | | 1787 | President of Constitutional Convention. | | 1789 | Elected President of the United States. | | 1793 | ReËlected President of the United States. | | 1796 | Farewell address to the people. | | 1799 | Death. | LIFE STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Translated from the German by
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