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Washington, George(the Father of the United States)
US general and politician
led Virginia militia in French and Indian War 1754, 1755-1758
member of House of Burgesses 1759-1774
Virginia delegate to Continental Congress 1774-1775
commander-in-chief of Continental army during American Revolution 1775-1783
forced British troops to evacuate Boston 1776
after crossing Delaware River 1776, defeated Hessians under Johann Rall at battle of Trenton 1776
defeated British troops of Charles Cornwallis at battle of Princeton 1777, solidifying American control over New Jersey
defeated by British troops under William Howe at battle of Brandywine 1777 and battle of Germantown 1777, losing American control over Pennsylvania
settled troops for winter at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 1777-1778
defeated British troops of Charles Cornwallis at battle of Yorktown 1781, causing Cornwallis' surrender, British capitulation, and end of American Revolution
president of Constitutional Convention 1787
1st president of US 1789-1797 (only unanimously elected US president)
established 1st presidential cabinet 1789
moved US capital from New York City to Philadelphia 1790
oversaw establishment of Bank of US 1791 and US Mint at Philadelphia 1792
declared US impartiality in European War of the First Coalition 1793
ordered suppression of Whiskey Rebellion 1794
issued Farewell Address 1796, warning against partisanship and entangling foreign alliances
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