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Washington managed to expel the British from Boston in 1776, but was defeated, and almost captured
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Washington resigned as commander-in-chief, demonstrating his opposition to the dictatorship and his commitment to American republicanism.
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Unhappy with the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, in 1787 Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention that drafted the Constitution. Elected unanimously as the first President of the United States in 1789, he tried to unite rival factions.
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