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| 1775 |
| | Delegates in Philadelphia select George Washington as commander-in-chief of the colonial army | |
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| 1776 |
| | George Washington raises on Prospect Hill a new American flag, the British red ensign on a ground of thirteen stripes – one for each colony | |
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| 1776 |
| | Thomas Jefferson's text for the Declaration of Independence is accepted by the Congress in Philadelphia | |
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| 1785 |
| | French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon crosses the Atlantic to sculpt a statue of George Washington from the life at Mount Vernon | |
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| 1787 |
| | Delegates meeting in Philadelphia agree a final draft for a US consitution, to be submitted to the states for ratification | |
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| 1788 |
| | The constitution of the United States is ratified by the states, but it is immediately agreed that amendments will be desirable | |
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| 1789 |
| | George Washington, unanimously elected first president of the United States, is inaugurated on Wall Street in New York | |
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| 1790 |
| | The Potomac is chosen as the navigable river on which the new US capital city will be sited | |
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| 1791 |
| | The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, are ratified by the states | |
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| 1792 |
| | George Washington is unanimously elected for a second term as president of the USA | |
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