A mural at George Washington High School in San Francisco depicts the future founding father on the battlefield during the French and Indian War, including the Jumonville incident at top left.

1. George Washington’s military career began with the French and Indian War. This portrait of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale depicts what Washington would have looked like in his ...

His father, Augustine, 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 ...

Library of Congress Although there was no way George Washington could have known ... and officials during his service in the French and Indian War was now in charge of the military instrument ...