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[b]Name:[/b] Major George Washington

[b]Place:[/b] The West

[b]Bio:[/b]

George Washington was born in 1732 to a Virginia planter family. While wealthy, the Washingtons were still several steps below the First Families of Virginia. As a young man he surveyed the Shenandoah Valley for the Fairfax family and gained enough political clout to become a lieutenant colonel in the Virginia militia. As a social striver stuck in the middle class, Washington yearned for a full commission to the British Army to improve his standing in the world.

In 1754, Colonel Washington was charged with a mission to build a fort and hold off French expansion in the Ohio territory. The young and ambitious Lieutenant Colonel instead set off a global powderkeg. The Battle of Fort Necessity would be the spark that would ignite the Seven Years' War. After a disastrous expedition underneath the command of General Edward Braddock, Washington returned to Virginia and became a full colonel and commander-in-chief of the Virginia militia. In 1759, Washington married wealthy widow Martha Dandridge Custis. The marriage raised Washington's place in the social order and he entered the pinnacle of Virginia society. 

But then the cold came. The changing weather would alter the tobacco planter class in Virginia. As Washington's plantation, Mount Vernon, began to go into a financial tailspin due to the poor turnout of the crop. As the situation worsened in Europe, Washington and Martha sold their land to the Fairfax family and moved south along with scores of others seeking to flee from the cold. 

In South Carolina Washington finally received what he had sought for so long. With the British Army in desperate need of capable officers, Washington was granted a commission as a captain in army. He was quickly promoted to major and shipped out west towards the French border. Washington and his men are currently stationed at Fort Fredrick just east of the Mississippi River. Fort Fredrick and the nearby settlement of Georgetown are filled with British settlers seeking farm land, French fur traders selling their wares, and people with seedy connections looking to find their fortune.