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Washington D.C. Business Directory Washington D.C. Business Directory On January 6 1759 Washington at age 26 married Martha Dandridge Custis the 28 year-old widow of wealthy plantation owner Daniel Parke Custis the marriage took place at Martha's estate; She was intelligent and gracious and experienced in managing a planter's estate and the couple created a happy marriage. They raised John Parke Custis (Jacky) and Martha Parke (Patsy) Custis children from her previous marriage and later their grandchildren Eleanor Parke Custis (Nelly) and George Washington Parke Custis (Washy) Washington's 1751 bout with smallpox is thought to have rendered him sterile though it is equally likely "Martha may have sustained injury during the birth of Patsy her final child making additional births impossible." They lamented the fact that they had no children together. They moved to Mount Vernon near Alexandria where he took up life as a planter of tobacco and wheat and emerged as a political figure. 17.1 Scholarly books Main articles: Capture of Santa Fe and Taos Revolt Under Washington the Virginia Regiment had defended 300 miles (480 km) of frontier against 20 Indian attacks in 10 months. He increased the professionalism of the regiment as it increased from 300 to 1,000 men and Virginia's frontier population suffered less than other colonies Some historians have said this was Washington's "only unqualified success" during the war. Though he failed to realize a royal commission he gained valuable knowledge of British tactics self-confidence and leadership skills the destructive competition Washington witnessed among colonial politicians fostered his later support of strong central government! .

Early in 1775 in response to the growing rebellious movement including the Boston Tea Party Parliament sent British troops commanded by General Thomas Gage to occupy Boston disband the local provincial government and quell the growing state of rebellion the British set up fortifications about the city making it impervious to attack in response various state militias surrounded the city and effectively trapped the British resulting in a standoff. Nat Turner's slave rebellion Mexicans and Indians in the annexed territories faced a loss of civil and political rights even though the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo promised U.S citizenship to all Mexican citizens living in the territory of the Mexican Cession the U.S government withheld citizenship from Indians in the southwest until the 1930s although they were citizens under Mexican law. !