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President George Washington signed into law the Judiciary Act of 1789 which established a six-member Supreme Court and the position of Attorney General - one of the landmark precedents set during Washington's administration.
- Eighteenth Century Travel
George Washington took his first significant trip in 1748,...
- Whiskey Rebellion
In January 1791, President George Washington's Secretary of...
- Eighteenth Century Travel
Sep 5, 2018 · King George V vs. North Carolina, a question that reveals a lot about the design and intentions behind the first modern post-treaty battleships of the United Kingdom and United States. In this article, we will examine some of the features behind both ships and see how they compare to one another.
Oct 19, 1990 · LONDON - George Washington will not hang at dawn. A British-dominated court, deciding that the American colonies had the right to revolt, acquitted Washington last night of charges of...
Mar 2, 2020 · By the fall, as the king was falling deeper into illness, George Washington learned that his contemporaries expected him to agree to become the first president of the United States. Washington expressed his dismay in letters to his friends.
Nov 10, 2021 · ‘Oh God! It is all over,’ Lord Frederick North, the British Prime Minister, exclaimed when informed that General Lord Cornwallis had surrendered to General George Washington following the Battle of Yorktown in October 1781. North said this news was ‘as he would have taken a ball in his breast’.
- Military History
On December 23, 1783, George Washington, the Commander-in-Chief of the victorious Continental Army accomplished perhaps his greatest achievement. On that day, Washington met with the Continental Congress in Annapolis, Maryland, and resigned his military commission and retired from public life.
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George Washington, now a Lieutenant Colonel in the Virginia militia, led a small force toward the Forks of the Ohio River in modern Pittsburgh, but the French beat him to the prize.
