Where was George Washington born?
Their plantation was located between Bridges Creek and Popes Creek which is “72 miles south of Washington D.C. on the Potomac River.” George lived at Popes Creek for 3 1/2 years and then his family moved 50 miles up the Potomac to Hunting Creek (now known as Mt. Vernon). Then when George was seven years old, they moved to a 228 acre farm near Fredericksburg. They lived there until George was 11 years old – when his father Augustine died. After his father’s death, the facts about George’s exact duration at which family members’ homes are unclear.
General Cornwallis General Cornwallis made his headquarters at Yorktown in Virginia. George Washington made friends with the French. The French attacked the English and General Cornwallis had to surrender. The war ended and peace was signed in 1783. 12. In which year did George Washington preside over a Conference at Philadelphia and frame a new constitution?
