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Born
http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/george-washington-birthplace-national-monument.htm George Washington was born in a plantation manor house near
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Beginning of presidency
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/georgewashington On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States. -
General Arther St.
http://www.pbs.org/georgewashington/timeline/presidency.html November 4, General Arthur St. Clair is decisively defeated near Wabash River by a smaller force of confederated Indians led by Miami Indian, Little Turtle. -
vice president
February 13, electoral votes counted and Washington is unanimously re-elected to the presidency; John Adams elected vice-president. -
The Whiskey Rebellion
July-August, The Whiskey Rebellion. Displeased by an excise on Whiskey, imposed by the federal government to pay of the Revolutionary War debts, farmers on the Western frontier rose in rebellion against the tax. Raising a force of over twelve thousand troops and dispatching commissioners to western Pennsylvania, Washington successfully suppressed the rebellion and was able to "convince these people and the world of the moderation & the firmness" of the government. -
Treaty of Greenville
March 3, Congress approves and Washington thereafter signs Treaty of San Lorenzo, which opens Mississippi River to American navigation and sets boundary between United States and Florida at 31st parallel. August 3, General Anthony Wayne concludes treaty of Greenville, by which Indian nations of Ohio River cede lands in present-day Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. -
Publication of his Farewell Adress
September, Washington arranges publication of his Farewell Address, which appears in the Philadelphia American Daily Advertiser September 19, the day of his departure from that city for Mount Vernon. October-December, he attends to government matters in Washington, the new federal city. -
End of presidency
George Washington's presidency ended, March 4, 1797. -
New government of France
July, in wake of the XYZ affair and deteriorating relations with the new government of France, Washington accepts nominal command of American armies preparing for the impending conflict. War, however, is averted by the Adams administration. -
Died
Washington died at Mount Vernon in the late evening on December 14, 1799. He is buried there
