Shortly after taking command of the Continental Army in July 1775, General George Washington ordered an accounting of the ...

the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, appointing General George Washington as its commander. Men from all walks of life answered the call, united by ...

The Continental Army thus became America’s first national institution. The next step was to select a commander in chief. George Washington of Virginia was the favored choice because of his ...

George Washington was not that person. He didn't brag or boast. He realized that to hold his army together and maintain the support of the public and the Continental Congress, he had to maintain ...

This article was written by Boyertown Middle School East Eighth-Grade Students Aislyn McAghon, Gabi Carr, and Elena Childs.

is a plantation owner who dies when George is 11. June 15, 1775 Having served with distinction in the French and Indian War, Washington is appointed as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army ...

George Washington was commanding the Continental Army and staying in Morristown when he wrote an optimistic letter on the prospects of winning the Revolutionary War despite a recent defeat.

George Washington was the first president of the US. He's widely-regarded as the father of the country. Here's a look at the typical schedule he stuck to when he was at his Mount Vernon plantation.

5,000 black men served in the Continental Army, and hundreds more served on the sea. Had George Washington been less ambivalent, more blacks might have participated on the Patriot side than with ...

The Crossing bears a resemblance to Washington Crossing the Delaware, but with lemmings instead of Revolutionary soldiers ...

The Congress acted as a makeshift central government, creating the Continental Army, electing George Washington as its commander and issuing paper currency. It asked each colony to provide ...

After the Bristish occupying army left Boston, Washington issued ... even as delegates to the Continental Congress struggled to sustain the fiction that George III remained a friend to American ...