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He fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War.
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With the aid of French allies--he forced the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
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retire to his fields at Mount Vernon. But he soon realized that the Nation under its Articles of Confederation was not functioning well, so he became a prime mover in the steps leading to the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia
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stood on the balcony of federal hall and took oath of the first president of the united states
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from infection in throat