george washington
George Washington
Yes. Washington served with distinction as an officer in the provincial militia during the French and Indian War.
George Washington
Farmer, Surveyer, Col in the Militia during the French and Indian War
George Washington achieved the rank of colonel during the French and Indian War. He served as a commander of the Virginia Regiment, which was one of the provincial militia units raised by the British colonial government.
Because someone wanted to strip him.
Your mom was the militia during the bill of rights
Massachusetts Militia
Washington was a young officer in the Virginia Militia during the time of the French and Indian War. In fact, in come circles, he is credited with starting the French and Indian War. Still, he distinguished himself in the retreat following the attack on Braddock's Expedition. He gathered the disorganized troops under his command, brought order out of chaos, and marched them to safety while fending off harassing attacks from the Native Americans attempting to pick off the Vanguard and the Rear Guard. Afterwards, he applied for a commission as an officer in the British Regular army and was rejected. It was this that made him realize that he would never be treated as a full fledged Englishman, and that the British would treat all Americans as second class subjects of the crown. That is why, later, he was eager to strive for independence from the British Crown.
A militia is a volunteer army. I'm not sure which ones helped the Americans during the American Revolution, but i hope you know what a militia is now if you didn't know.
21 Presidents served on active duty in a regular military unit.Washington - Commanding general in Revolutionary War, British officer in French & Indian WarMonroe - officer in Revolutionary WarJackson - general in War of 1812 , various Indian warsW. H. Harrison - officer in War of 1812, Indian warsTaylor - officer in War of 1812, general in Mexican WarPierce - general in Mexican WarGrant- officer in Mexican War, supreme union general in Civil WarHayes - general in Civil WarGarfield- major general in Civil WarBen. Harrison general in Civil WarMcKinley - officer in Civil WarTeddy Roosevelt - officer in Spanish American WarTruman - officer in WW IEisenhower- officer in WW I, general in WW IIKennedy - naval officer in WW IILyndon Johnson - naval officer in WW IINixon -naval officer in WW IIFord- naval officer in WW IRonald Reagan- army officer in WW IIGeorge H. W. Bush -- officer ( navy pilot) in WW IICarter-- navy officer in peace timeReagan was on active duty in WWW but served in a unit that made training films. Lyndon Johnson was called home after short service since he was a Congressman at the time.Nine others had some form of military service. Chester Arthur was a high-ranking supply officer in the NY state militia during the Civil War. Andrew Johnson served as military governor of re-occupied Tennessee during the Civil War. Madison, Tyler, Polk, Buchanan and Lincoln had brief service in state militia units that saw no fighting. Fillmore was in a home guard during the Civil War after he was President. George W. Bush was in the air force reserves.