·commander of a virginia regiment in french and indian war · tobacco plantation owner · commander of the continental army · member of the continental congress all of these statements are descriptions of what colonial leader? a) robert e. lee b) james madison c) thomas jefferson d) george washington

George Washington

Washington's family had owned tobacco plantations in Virginia, and he inherited such enterprises.  He later shift to more growing of wheat than tobacco, better for selling as a cash crop in the colonies.

Washington was commissioned in 1755 by the governor of Virginia as "Colonel of the Virginia Regiment and Commander in Chief of all forces now raised in the defense of His Majesty's Colony." 

We know George Washington best, of course, as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army and then the first President of the United States.