Question

Timeline Challenge

In which year did each of these events take place? Choose from the following list, and type the correct year in each box: 1754, 1759, 1774, 1775, 1776, 1778, 1781, 1783.


1. Washington and his troops remove the British from Boston. | |
2. Washington is elected commander in chief of the Continental Army. | |
3. The French and Indian War begins. | |
4. Washington represents Virginia at the First Continental Congress. | |
5. Washington returns home to Mount Vernon. | |
6. George Washington marries Martha Dandrige Custis. | |
7. General Cornwallis surrenders to Washington at Yorktown. | |
8. Martha visits George and the Continental Army during the terrible winter at Valley Forge. | |

Answer 1

1. 1776

2. 1775

3. 1754

4. 1774

5. 1783

6. 1759

7. 1781

8. 1778

In order

3. The French and Indian War begins. 1754

6. George Washington marries Martha Dandrige Custis. 1759

4. Washington represents Virginia at the First Continental Congress. 1774

2. Washington is elected commander in chief of the Continental Army. 1775

1. Washington and his troops remove the British from Boston. 1776

8. Martha visits George and the Continental Army during the terrible winter at Valley Forge. 1778

7. General Cornwallis surrenders to Washington at Yorktown. 1781

5. Washington returns home to Mount Vernon. 1783