Washington had nothing to gain from the American Revolution, at least in a material sense. He had achieved both wealth and fame as a British subject in colonial Virginia. Yet he was among the first to raise the possibility of armed resistance and accepted command of the Continental Army. He served for the eight and a half years of the Revolution without pay. Though his army was inexperienced, often outnumbered, and poorly supplied, Washington was able to avoid defeat, wear down the British forces, and eventually achieve victory. With independence secured in 1783 by a peace treaty with Britain, Washington appeared before Congress and publicly resigned his military position, returning to Mount Vernon a private citizen of the new nation. His plantation had suffered greatly during his absence and the war.
The aquaducts supplied Rome with freshwater.
<span>Two rivers are linked together in China. The Yellow River , which is located to the to the North, close to Bejing and the Yangtze River, to the South located close to Hangzhou. Together the rivers play an important part of the Grand Canal which spans more than 1700 kilometers or over 1,000 miles.</span>
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San Juan Teotihuacán
is a City in Mexico, northeast of Mexico City.
