Which of the following statements is the best
paraphrasing of the central idea?
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.
- "George Washington,"
www.whitehouse gou
Washington had negative feelings toward British
control even though he had a happy life.
O Washington managed his estate and held office in
the Virginia House of Burgesses.
Washington was married to a former widow named
Martha Dandridge Custis.​