Commander-in-Chief George Washington, of the Continental Army appears before the Third Confederation Congress and resigns his commission.  Washington could have maintained the CA, marched on Annapolis, Maryland, and dictated terms to Congress, as many generals have done in the past, but did not.

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Subsequent Events:

1/14/1784                   3/24/1784                   8/29/1786                   5/25/1787                   9/17/1787

12/17/1787                1/1/1804

Authority:

Articles of Confederation, Article VI
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References:

Paul Johnson, A History of the American People, (New York: HarperPerennial, 1997), 176.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$39,635,799,057,233

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