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Born in Pope's Creek in Virginia
Born in Pope's Creek in Virginia -
Period: to
George Washington's Life
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went to Fort LeBoeuf to warn the French to remove themselves from land claimed by Britain
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fought in first skirmishes of what became the French and Indian War
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married Martha Dandridge Custis
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elected Commander In Chief of Continental Army
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went (with troops) to valley forge
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defeated Cornwallis at Yorktown
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elected first president
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retired from office
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Died in Mount Vernon, Virginia
(died of throat infection)
