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Ho Chi Minh attacks the French in Hanoi.
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George Washington calls out the militias of several states and leads a force of 12,900 to suppress the "Whiskey Rebellion" in response to a mob revolt in Allegheny County, PA against the US government's 1791 excise tax on whiskey. |
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Settlers in the Monongahela Valley of western Pennsylvania are now in open rebellion against a federal tax on liquor and distilled drinks. Thousands begin to move toward Pittsburg, |
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U.S. President George Washington holds the first Cabinet meeting of any US President. |
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George Washington re-elected US President, John Adams Vice-President. |
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Washington convenes the first full meeting of the Presidential Cabinet to discuss foreign affairs and military needs. |
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George Washington delivers the very first State of the Union address. |
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George Washington is inaugurated as the first President of the United States in New York City, which served as the new nation's first capitol. |
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George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States. |
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The U.S. Constitutional Convention convenes in Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA. |
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Gen. General George Washington resigns his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Army to the Congress at the Maryland State House in Annapolis. |
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Gen. George Washington says farewell to his officers at Fraunce's Tavern, New York City. |
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Gen. George Washington gives his "Farewell Address to the Army" at Rocky Hill, New Jersey. |
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Washington fights to a draw at the Battle of Monmouth, NJ when the Continental Army attacks the rear of a British column commanded by |
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A Naval Battle commences between the HMS Drake and the USS Ranger off Carrickfergus, Scotland. |
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Washington orders the fortification of West Point, NY because of its strategic importance in controlling the Hudson River. |
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At Valley Forge in Pennsylvania, the Continental Army led by Washington sets up winter quarters |
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Troops numbering 2400 men and 18 cannon under the command of General George Washington, cross the Delaware river into New Jersey for a predawn attack on the Hessian soldiers in Trenton. |
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Washington takes his troops from New Jersey across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania. |
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Gen. George Washington's retreating army crosses Delaware River from New Jersey into Pennsylvania. |
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Battle of White Plains. After evacuating his main forces from Manhattan, Washington's army suffers heavy casualties in the Battle of White Plains from Gen. Howe's forces. Washington then retreats westward. |
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Gen. George Washington hoists the Continental Union Flag of thirteen stripes for the first time in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
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George Washington sends a letter to Congress advising it not to reduce the pay of soldiers. |
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Continental Congress first uses the word "Marines" when it directs Washington to secure two vessels. |
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Washington institutes special insignia denoting army rank in Massachusetts. |
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At Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gen. George Washington takes command of the Continental Army which now has about 17,000 men. |
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Congress unanimously votes to appoint George Washington general and commander-in-chief of the new Continental Army. |
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Martha Dandrige Custis marries George Washington two years after the death of her first husband. |
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George Washington, in the service of the British Army, is forced to surrender Fort Necessity to French. This begins the French and Indian War. |
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The Virginia militia, commanded by 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington, defeats a French reconnaissance party in southwestern Pennsylvania in the opening days of the French and Indian War. |
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