Course: USA –

History and
Culture

Presentation by Giorgi
Shakarashvili
Lecturer: Nino Mataradze
 Preface

 American Revolution (1775-83), insurrection by which 13 of Great

Britain's North American colonies won political independence and went on
to form the USA.

 The war followed more than a decade of growing estrangement

between the British crown and a large, influential segment of its North
American Colonies that was caused by British attempts to assert
greater control over them. 

 On the ground, fighting in the American Revolution began with

the skirmishes between British regulars and American provincials on  April
19,1775. 
Samuel Washington 
by John Hesselius

Date: ca. 1750-1755

© Samuel Washington - Wikipedia

Washington brothers during the American Revolution
 Samuel Washington (1734-1781)  George Washington (1732-99) 

 Samuel was sick for much of his life, which 
precluded him from fighting in the war but
he eventually became a colonel. 
 He signed the Leedstown or Westmoreland
Resolves against Stamp Act.
 During the American Revolution, he led
 The same year he was named a justice in
George Washington was commander in chief
of the Continental Army during the
American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and
served two terms as the first U.S. president,
from 1789 to 1797.
the colonial forces to victory over the

Stafford country and was appointed as a British and became a national hero.

member of the new Commission of the

Peace. 
 George Washington
during his final year in
office by Gilbert Stuart
in 1796 

© 
George Washington: Facts, Revolution & Pr
 Bibliography

 George Washington - Wikipedia

 Samuel Washington - Wikipedia

 Samuel Washington (1734-1781) – Colonial Virginia Po

rtraits
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time and attention!