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Bill Rights is approved
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution. These amendments guarantee essential rights and civil liberties, such as the right to free speech and the right to a fair trial, as well as reserving rights to the people and the states. -
Treaty of Paris signed
DescriptionThe Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War. -
Tariff war
The trade war, or the tariff war, is the wrong war to fight,” said Gao, who is also a regular commentator for state-owned China Global Television Network. U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened higher tariffs on Chinese goods if Beijing does not make a deal on trade. -
Constitution
The United States constitution is drafted in Philadelphia PA. This document strengthens the federal government. -
Whisky tax was passed by the government
after a vigorous debate, the House, by a vote of 35-21, approved legislation imposing an excise tax on whiskey. The levy proved highly unpopular and sparked a brief armed revolt -
Fries Rebellion
The Fries Rebellion, also called Fries's Rebellion, the House Tax Rebellion, the Home Tax Rebellion and, in Deitsch, the Heesses-Wasser Uffschtand, was an armed tax revolt among Pennsylvania Dutch farmers. -
Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington, ultimately under the command of American Revolutionary war veteran Major James McFarlane. -
War of 1812
DescriptionThe War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States and the United Kingdom, with their respective allies, from June 1812 to February 1815. Historians in Britain often see it as a minor theatre of the Napoleonic Wars; historians in the United States and Canada see it as a war in its own right. -
Battle of Lake Erie
DescriptionThe Battle of Lake Erie, sometimes called the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on 10 September 1813, on Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio during the War of 1812. Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of the British Royal Navy. -
Battle of New Orleans
DescriptionThe Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815 between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson.
