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1799 December 14 Died at Mount Vernon at the age of 67. He arranged for his slaves to be freed in his last will and testament.

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1732 February 22 Born in Popes Creek Plantation, Westmoreland County, Virginia.

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1749 Appointed official surveyor for Culpeper County, Virginia

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1753 French and Indian War Washington given rank of major and he was sent to assess the strength of the French at Ohio Country Valley

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1754 Lieutenant Colonel Washington built Fort Necessity but was forced to surrender it to overwhelming French and Indian forces

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1755 October Governor Dinwiddie appoints Washington as commander in chief of all Virginia forces with the new rank of colonel

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1774 Elected delegate to the first contienintal congress

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1775 By this year Washington owned 6,500 acres at Mount Vernon, with over 100 slaves

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1776 July 4 Signed the Declaration of Independence

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1777 September 11 Washington defeated at the Battle of Brandywine

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1784 January 14 The Treaty of Paris is ratified by Congress and the American Revolutionary War officially ends.

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1787 May 25 Elected President of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia

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1789 Elected first President of the United States

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1790 The first national census took place

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1791 Congress imposed an excise tax on distilled spirits which led to the Whiskey rebellion

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1792 Congress established a national mint.

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1793 Re-elected President of the United States

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excise tax lead to 1794 The Whisky Rebellion

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1796 Published his Farewell Address which was issued as a public letter

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1797 Washington returned to Mount Vernon

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1798 July 4 gave a warning to France as a war seemed imminent