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1775
 
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Delegates in Philadelphia select George Washington as commander-in-chief of the colonial army      
1776
 
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George Washington raises on Prospect Hill a new American flag, the British red ensign on a ground of thirteen stripes – one for each colony      
1776
 
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Thomas Jefferson's text for the Declaration of Independence is accepted by the Congress in Philadelphia       
1785
 
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French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon crosses the Atlantic to sculpt a statue of George Washington from the life at Mount Vernon        
1787
 
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Delegates meeting in Philadelphia agree a final draft for a US consitution, to be submitted to the states for ratification      
1788
 
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The constitution of the United States is ratified by the states, but it is immediately agreed that amendments will be desirable