The Big Names of History 3 George Washington
When and where was George Washington born?
February 22nd, 1732; his family's plantation home in Westmoreland County, Virginia (the then colony).
Why had many people left the Old World during the 16th and 17th centuries?
Seeking religious freedoms and new opportunities in the New World.
What's a plantation? What happened there?
A large-scale farming operation. Slave labor, mass harvesting crops for trade and export.