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George Washington is appointed surveyor of Culpeper county at 17 years of age.
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George Washington contracts smallpox as teenager in Barbados and survives.
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George Washington is given the rank of commander and fought French soldiers at the Ohio Valley, sparking the French and Indian War. He forced to surrender to the French and later resigned.
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Washington built Fort Necessity but, had to to surrender it to the French.
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Washington is appointed commander in chief of the Virginian Army.
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George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis and they move to Mount Vernon.
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The new Congress asks George Washington to be the commander in chief of the Continental Army.
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George Washington signs the Declaration of Independence.
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Washington crosses the Delaware River and captures german mercenaries at the Battle of Trenton.
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George Washington and his 11,000 troops enter a place called Valley Forge. It was a harsh winter and supplies were low and diseases like smallpox were spreading throughout the camp.
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The British surrender to Washington and his men, marking the last major battle of the American Revolution.
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George Washington is elected president of the Constitutional Convention.
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George Washington is unanimously elected as the first president of the United States of America and addressed as "Mr. President."
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President Washington sends troops to end the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania.
