Thinking about GW....he was in a family of "planters". Just an ordinary sort of guy in the beginning. He fought in the very first battles of the French-Indian War where his military career began. That would be c. 1754 or a little before. He helped out (don't know the military term) Genl. Braddock...didn't he get a couple of horses shot out from underneath?? Then he was famous for speaking against England.....an activist of the first sort. GW was Commander in Chief of the Continental Army....c. 1775...not good on dates. Then the American Revolution was in full swing...and GW was the guy that made Cornwallis surrender.....HOORAH!!! (watch the movie Patriot). Hope this helps a bit.....I'm a math major (egads!) and didn't do all that well in history, but every now and then I get a flash! *paulette* (but now an artist) in Sunny Florida researching: Tanner-Wilkins-Newton-Glover