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U.S. Govt. under the constitution begins.
-Washington is inaugurated -He states neutrality after the French Revolution begins. -
Presidential election
-Kentucky is now the 15th state to enter the union.
-President Washington and President Adams are re- elected as President and Vice President. -
Presidential election part 2.
-Tennessee is the 16th state to enter the union.
-Adams takes Jefferson's spot as president and Jefferson becomes vice president. Washington leaves the presidency after two terms. -
Quasi War
- France tries to bribe the United States commissioners in Paris, creating building tensions. -Eli Whitney starts a company that starts to build weapons for the United States Government using his system known as the system of interchangeable parts
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Washington dies
-Washington dies at the age of 67 in Virginia.
- The book, The Life and Memorable Actions of George Washington and the cherry-tree myth was written a year later. -
Second Census
-United States population is 5.3 million and 1 million are African Americans of whom 90,000 are enslaved.
-South Carolina bans slaves from having religious worship from dusk til dawn. -
Barbary War begins
-Tripoli declares war on the United States. So Jefferson sends the U.S. ships to the Mediterranean Sea.
-An unknown women writes "The Female Advocate" -
Louisiana Territory
-Purchased from France for 15 million, doubling the size of the United States.
-The Lewis and Clark expedition begins. and Ohio is the 17th state to now enter the union. -
Twelfth Amendment
-12th Amendment is ratified, being able to separate election from President to Vice President.
-Another Presidential election occurs and Jefferson is re-elected President. -
Barbary War ends
-The war ends after the soldiers capture Darna,
-Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Ocean. -
Ban on slave trade
-Passed by congress, which is required by the constitution.
-The Embargo Act is passed in response to British and French interference with the U.S. trade. -
Embargo Act repealed
-Congress now allows trade with all countries except France and Britain.
-President Lincoln is born. -
Third census
The united states population total is 7.2 million, 1.4 million are African Americans and 1.2 million are enslaved. -
War of 1812
-The united states declares war on Great Britain over border and trade issues.
-Louisiana is the 18th state to enter the union. -
Defeat Britain
-The United States defeats Britain.
-British seize Fort Niagara, burn Buffalo,NY, and blockade coastal ports. -
First Tariff
-First protective tariff is passed by Congress
-Second bank of the U.S. receives 20 year charter. -
Fourth Census
-The U.S. population is now 10 million including 1.7 million African Americans, 1.5 are enslaved.
-Monroe and Tompkins are re-elected president and vice-president. -
Missouri enters union
- Missouri is the 24th state to enter the union. -Peru, Mexico, Venezuela, and Guatemala become independent from Spain.
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Slave rebellion
-Led by Denmark Vesey is crushed in Charleston, South Carolina
-Amer. Colonization Soc. establishes Monrovia to promote emigration of free blacks. -
Monroe Doctorine
-Europe is warned not to interfere in Western Hemisphere affairs.
-Cotton mills begin productions in Massachusetts.
