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that they were not represented at Seeing all this, as well as serving as
the British Parliament, despite being a military officer in the French and
loyal to the crown and fighting with Indian War, George Washington
the British, as well as the huge role was well poised to become the
that the colonies had in the British leading general of the continental
economy, continuously dissatisfied army by the time that the war for
the settlers. This would eventually independence started.
boil up to the Boston Tea Party,
which was something that happened 3. Military career
due to the excessive taxes that
Britain was imposing on America on George Washington's military career
tea, something that the Americans, started when he decided to join the
being British in descent, immensely Virginian state militia as a major.
enjoyed. His brother, Lawrence, died as the