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| The three things President George Washington is said to have been "first" in |
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1. war
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3. hearts of his countrymen |
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| A person who speaks or acts for others |
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| Chosen to be the president of the Constitutional Convention |
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| George Washington's birthday |
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| One who measures land and draws maps |
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| Our country's capital today |
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| The city where representatives gathered to write the Constitution |
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| The day the Declaration of Independence was signed |
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| The disease George Washington had while on a trip to the British West Indies |
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| George became the president over the meeting in which the Constitution was written |
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| The first president of the United States |
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| The large, beautiful home of George Washington on the banks of the Potomac River in Virginia |
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| The name of the paper written by Thomas Jefferson, which stated that Americans were free from the rule of the king of England |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| The war in which the English won the right to the American western frontier land |
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| To give up or lose to an enemy |
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| George commanded the American army aainst the English |
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| When George was only fourteen years old, what did he dream of becoming? |
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| a sailor in the British Royal Navy |
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| Who won the French and Indian War? |
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| Why did the colonists call the English soldiers "redcoats"? |
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| the British soldiers wore red coats |
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| "First in the hearts of his countrymen" |
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| George became the first President of the United States |
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| Why were the American colonists unhappy with England? |
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| England passed laws that were not fair to the colonists |
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