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George Washington served in the French Indian Wars reaching the rank of Colonel in the Virginia militia but was not given a commission in the regular British Army he also missed out on being sent to England to be educated at Appleby school unlike his brothers owing to the death of his father and his mother vetoed a commission in the Royal Navy.

However what if he had become a British officer instead of being regarded as a frontier bumpkin who regarded a feather in his cap as the heightm of fashion? Could he have commanded the British forces to victory? Would he have nevertheless changed sides if the colonials had got the upper hand a sort of Arnold in reverse or would the involvement of the French kept him on the loyalist side?? Or would he have been a moderating influence in the Virginia House of Burgesses? Maybe an astute commanding officer would have him sent to Europe when the trouble began to avoid him joining the rebels
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