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George Washington is born in West-Moreland, VA.
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Washington's family moves to Ferry Farm
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Augustine Washington, George's father, dies.
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Lawrence, Washington's Brother-in-law, dies
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Robert Dinwiddie, sends Washington on a daring mission into the Virginia wilderness to contest French claims in the Ohio Country.
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Washington resigns from Virginia Command.
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Washington is elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.
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Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis.
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Washington is appointed commander in chief of the armed forces of the United Colonies.
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Declaration of Independence is signed.
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Washington crosses the Deleware River.
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Washington sets up winter quarters in Valley Forge
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Washington chairs the Constitutional Convention to revise them.
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Washington takes oath, becomes first president.
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Mary Ball Washington, George's mother, dies.
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Washington backs Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton's plan for the national assumption of state debts.
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Washington signs a bill into law that permanently places the nation's capital along the Potomac River.
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Washington is re-elected president.
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Washington Assumes Military Command
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Washington drafts his will.
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Washington passes away at Mount Vernon.