<u>Correct answer:</u> House of Representatives member
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George W. Bush first attempted to enter public office as <u>a member of Congress</u>, campaigning for US House of Representatives seat for the 19th Congressional District of Texas (which covers an area of West Texas).
George W. Bush did not win that 1978 election campaign. Years later, however, he did win the 1994 election for Governor of Texas. He was reelected as Texas' governor in 1998, but stepped down before the end of his second term as governor when he won the 2000 election to become the 43rd President of the United States.
The French and Indian war tool a lot of lives indeed than the American Revolution. It also involved a lot of countries, but the one that lost the most was France as they were able to lose their foothold in 1760.
The U.S. state of West Virginia was formed out of western Virginia and added to the Union as a direct result of the American Civil War (see History of West Virginia), in which it became the only modern state to have declared its independence from the Confederacy.
The American Revolution's connection to "liberty" was important on a global scale, since this inspired many other nations, including France, to start revolutions in order to throw off tyranny.