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Born in Pope's Creek, Virginia
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Washington becomes a surveyor in Virginia frontier
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George Washington married Martha Custis and helped raise her children.
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George Washington served as Commander of the Continental Army
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With the help of the French, Washington overpowered the British at Yorktown
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Washington served two terms as President--he was unanimously elected both times by the electoral college (there was no popular vote).
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Washington was elected by the Electoral College unanimously to be the first president of the United States.
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George Washington died at his Mount Vernon plantation. Since then there have been many memorials to him as first president of the United States.
