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Legend says that when young ____ was asked by his father what had happened to his cherry tree, ____ replied, "I can not tell a lie. I cut it with my hatchet;" however, this story was made up by a writer to demonstrate how honest ____ was. During the French and Indian War, Colonel ____ was shot at several times by Indian marksmen, and although his jacket had bullet holes, he was never wounded. ____ married a widow, Martha Dandrige Custis, in 1759. On April 30, 1789, ____ took his oath of office in New York City as the first president of the United States. ____ was commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. ____ was so well liked that the people wanted to call him King George I, but America had just fought for their freedom because they didn't like being ruled by a king, so they called him "Mr. President." By the time ____ was elected president, he had only one tooth of his own - the rest were made of elephant and walrus tusks. ____ retired at his home at Mount Vernon, where he died of a throat infection in 1799.
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