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.