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• Sad Loss Of George Washington
  1799

  George Washington died from too much blood loss

• Washington Returns
  1797

  Washington returned to Mount Vernon

• Wiskey Rebillion
  1794

  The Whisky Rebellion

• Re-Elected President
  1793

  Re-elected President of the United States

• Congress
  1792

  Congress established a national mint

• Whiskey Rebellion
  1791

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

• First Census
  1790

  The first national census took place

• First President
  1789

  Elected first President of the United States

• Elected!!
  1787

  Elected President of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia

• End Of War
  1784

  The Treaty of Paris is ratified by Congress and the American Revolutionary War officially ends

• george washington
  1784

  The Treaty of Paris is ratified by Congress and the American Revolutionary War officially ends

• george washington
  1783

  England officially declares an end to hostilities in America

• Hostilities
  1783

  England officially declares an end to hostilities in America

• george washington
  1781

  The British army surrenders at Yorktown

• george washington
  1779

  A peace plan is approved by Congress stipulating independence and British evacuation of America

• Monmouth Battle
  1778

  The Battle of Monmouth occurs in New Jersey as Washington's troops and General. Clinton's troops fight to a standoff

• General Defeated Brandywine
  1777

  General Washington defeated at Brandywine

• Delaration Of Independence
  1776

  Signed the Declaration of Independence

• Owned Mount Vernon
  1775

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

• First Continental Congress
  1774

  Elected delegate to the First Continental Congress

• George Mason
  1769

  George Mason writes resolutions presented by George Washington to the Virginia House of Burgesses opposing taxation without representation

• Marriage
  1759

  January 6, Married Martha Dandridge Custis. The marriage was childless but the couple raised her two children, John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis, from her previous marriage

• Forbes Expedition
  1758

  Forbes Expedition: Successfully droving the French away from Fort Duquesne

• Battle Of The Monongahela
  1755

  July 9 Battle of the Monongahela: Serving under General Edward Braddock the troops were ambushed and defeated by the French and Indians

• Lieutenant Colonel
  1754

  Washington received a commission as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Virginia Regiment

• French And Indian War
  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

• Surveyor
  1749

  Appointed official surveyor for Culpeper County, Virginia

• George Washington
  1732

  George Washington was born in Virginia