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at 16 George Washington helped survey Shenandoah lands for Thomas, Lord Fairfax -
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George Washington becomes the official surveyor of Culpepper County, Virginia -
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George Washington is given the rank of major in the Virginia Militia -
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George Washington receives a commission as a Lieutenant Colonel in the newly formed colony wide Virginia Regiment -
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Washington successfully attacks the French camp at Fort Dunquesne. (First encounter of the French and Indian War) -
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Washington was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army -
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Washington presents resolutions written by George Mason to the Virginia House of Burgesses that opposed taxation without representation -
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Boston Tea Party -
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Washington is elected as a delegate to the First Continental Congress -
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Washington attends the Second Continental Congress in full military uniform -
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Bargains were made with the British to keep Mount Vernon from being destroyed -
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George Washington resigned his commission as commander in chief of the army to the Congress of Confederation