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
GEORGE P. UPTON
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