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George Washington served as the president of the Constitutional Convention and became the first President of the United States of America. Ironically, after the Revolutionary War was over, he was offered the chance to become king. He declined, citing he had just fought a war to overthrow one despot, and he didn't want the distinction of becoming another one.
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