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| | | | US Presidents timeline |
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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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