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He is born in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
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He was the official Surveyor for Culpeper County, Virginia.
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Major Washington carried British ultimatium to the French in the Ohio River Valley.
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He was given rank of major and he was sent to assess the strength of the French at Ohio Country Valley
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Colonel Washington surrendered Fort Necessity in the French and Indian War.
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Washington received a commission as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Virginia Regiment.
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Colonel Washington commanded Virginia's frontier troops.
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Colonel Washington was with General Edward Braddock when ambushed by the French and Indians.
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Washington successfully drove the French away from Fort Duquesne.
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He gets married to Mrs. Martha Dandridge Custis.The marriage was childless but the couple raised her two children, John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis, from her previous marriage.
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He was elected delegate to the First Continental Congress.
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He was elected delegate to the Second Continental Congress.
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He was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.
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The Declaration of Independence was signed by the Continental Congress.
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He led his troops to a victory at Yorktown.
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He was elected President of the Constitutional Convention.
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He was elected first President of the United States,
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George signed the first act of Congress concerning the administration of oaths.
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Washington approved plans for the U.S. Capitol.
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He was re-elected President of the United States.
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Washington issued the Neutrality Proclamation to keep the United States out of the war between France and Great Britain.
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Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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He is commissioned Lieutenant General and Commander in Chief of the new United States Army.
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He died at Mount Vernon at the age of 67.
