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George Washington is born in Popes Creek Plantation, Westmoreland County
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George Washington works privately as a surveyor.
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Washington is given the rank of major in the Virginia Militia
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Braddock and 2000 British regulars arrive in America
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Washington is elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and serves for the next 15 years
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The Boston Tea Party
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George Washington is elected as a delegate to the First Continental Congress
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The Declaration of Independence is signed.
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General Washington is defeated at the battle of Brandywin
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The French declares war against Britain and joins the colonists to help them fight for their freedom
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The French and Americans begin their attack on the British at Yorktown
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The British under the command of General Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown November 5, 1781
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George Washington delivers his farewell address to the army
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Mary Ball Washington, George's mother dies
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The Jay Treaty is signed to maintain trade with Great Britain
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Washington retires to Mount Vernon
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The Quasi War with France
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George Washington gets ill during a ride on his plantation
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George Washington dies, at the age of 67, of a throat infection that was made worse by the medical treatment that he received.
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The Quasi War with France Ends
