George Washington was alive in 1775.
In his youth , he became a senior officer in the colonial militia during the first stages of the French and Indian War .	French and Indian War	French and Indian War	first	List of Presidents of the United States	colonial militia	Colonial troops
The French and Indian War -LRB- 1754 -- 63 -RRB- comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years ' War of 1754 -- 63 .	theater	Theater (warfare)
