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the increase in taxes he had to pay
to import British luxuries by selling
tobacco crop, forced him to diversify
his business to horse breeding,
distilling whisky, wheat cultivation
and flour making. This change in
business helped him to get out of
debt.
leader of the American colonies.
5. During the American Revolution However, during the years of
the revolution, he started to act a
George Washington, up until the more prominent role in fighting
American Revolution, was a well- the British, both politically and
known figure, but not a political militarily. His first political move was
