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born on Feb 22 1732 had two birth days when they switch calendars to Gregorian from Julian
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licensed surveyor at the age of 17 at the college of William and Mary
member of a surveying expedition in west Virginia -
may have started the French and Indian war at the battle of Jumonville Glen. the First encounter of the French and Indian war. Lt, Colonel Virginian regiment
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conducted different soil experiments using different fertilizer mostly manures
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before 1766 primarily used tobacco as a cash crop but switch to wheat as his primary cash crop. did grow hemp but not to smoke but for rope.
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selected to be the Commander in Chief for the continental army
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Crossed the Delaware River in the middle of the winter to push back the British and retake New Jersey on Christmas
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switch from a three- year crop rotation to a seven- year crop rotation
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was elected unanimously by my peers to become the first president
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died at the age of 67 year old do to a throat infection
