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Was Born
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Timeline
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appointed county surveyor of the frontier county of Culpeper.
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Major George Washington to the Ohio Valley to deliver a message to the French, demanding that they leave the area.
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returns to Ohio frontier as a volunteer aide for General Braddock.
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Congress appointed George Washington to be the commander of the Continental Army
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Washington addressed Congress on December 23 in Annapolis and resigned his commission.
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is unanimously elected as first President of the United States
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1793: Washington begins his second term as President
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Refusing a third term, Washington retired from the presidency and all public life.
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passed away on December 14 from a throat infection called epiglottitis in his bedroom at Mount Vernon.