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Thomas Jefferson: The fist secretory of state
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Benjamin Franklin: The First American Diplomat
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Rhode Island establishes wage & price controls to curb inflation: Limit is 70 cents a day for carpenters, 42 cents for tailors
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Shays' Rebellion
Daniel Shays led an army of over 1,000 soldiers to rebel against the government for over increased state taxes. Shays's Rebellion spread panic and shock throughout the society. It clearly showed the nation the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. -
Federalists and Anti-Federalists
Federalists were supporters of the Constitution because they favored the balance of power between the states and the national government. Anti-Federalists opposed the Constitution because they were against a strong central government. -
George Washington Elected President
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Two Party system
The society split into a two-party system depending on their different views of the government. The Federalists wanted a strong central government ruled by the elite and a loose interpretation of the Constitution. The Democratic-Republicans on the other hand favored a strong state government ruled by the common people and a strict interpretation of the Constitution. -
Massachusetts enacts 1st state voter registration law
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1st comic book "The Wasp," is published
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Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury v Madison)
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Louisiana Purchase
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British rifles to native Americans
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U.S. Boundary Settlements, 1818-1819
Adams reached a compromise with Britain to occupy the Oregon Territory for 10 years which expanded the U.S weatward. He also persuaded Don Luis de Onis to transfer the Florida Territory to the United States. -
The Amisted case
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US Supreme Court rules Negroes are free (Amistad Incident)
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Education in conneticut
In 1842, Connecticut passed a law stating that children employed in any business in the state had to demonstrate that they had attended school three months out of the previous 12. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
On February 2, 1848, the United States and Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo where Mexico agreed to the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico and gave the New Mexico and California Territories to the U.S. -
Gadsden Purchase
Then 5 years later in 1853, U.S. paid Mexico an additional $10 million for a piece of territory known as the Gadsden Purchase.
