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History

24 March, 08:33

Read the excerpt from "George Washington."

Which is a relevant detail that supports the central idea in

this excerpt?

Washington managed his lands around Mount Vernon.

Washington felt exploited by British merchants.

o Washington devoted himself to a busy and happy life.

Washington was married to Martha Dandridge Custis.

From 1759 to the outbreak of the American Revolution,

Washington managed his lands around Mount Vernon and

served in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Married to a

widow, Martha Dandridge Custis, he devoted himself to a

busy and happy life. But like his fellow planters, Washington

felt himself exploited by British merchants and hampered by

British regulations. As the quarrel with the mother country

grew acute, he moderately but firmly voiced his resistance to

the restrictions.