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February 22 1732
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Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia
1749
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Became Official Surveyor for Culpeper County, Virginia
January 6 1759
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Married Mrs. Martha Dandridge Custis
July 4 1776
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The Declaration of Independence was signed by the Continental Congress.
1789
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Congress established the Department of Foreign Affairs (now the Department of State)
1789 - 1797
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Elected first President of the United States
1790
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Washington approved plans for the U.S. Capitol.
1791
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Congress chartered the Bank of the United States.
December 15, 1791
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The Bill of Rights became law. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution of the United States guarantee basic liberties to Americans.
1794
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The Whisky Rebellion brought the first test of Federal power. Washington sent troops to crush an uprising by Pennsylvania farmers who refused to pay a federal whisky tax.
1795
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Washington signed the unpopular Jay Treaty to maintain trade with Great Britain.
December 14 1799
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Died at Mount Vernon at the age of 67
October 30 1735
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Born in Massachusetts on October 30, 1735
1764
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John Adams married Abigail Smith
1765
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John Adams became a public figure by writing against the Stamp Act in 1765
1774
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Elected as a delegate into the Continental Congress
1776
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Adams helped draft and then signed the Declaration of Independence
1796 - 1800
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Defeated Thomas Jefferson in 1796 then lost in his reelection campaign against Jefferson
1797 - 1798
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Adams' act of foreign Policy where he attempted to calm relation between the U.S. and France
1798
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John Adams signed in the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798
1826
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Adams died in 1826 at 91 years old