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  George Washington Becomes the 1st president.
 this was important because many people saw him as a honest leader and a hero of the Revolution.
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  The Rosetta Stone is discovered in Egypt. Inscriptions on the Stone make it possible for researchers to read Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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