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Tariff of 1789
It created effective federal courts in a hierarchical order. There were city, county, and state courts, along with circuit courts, and the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court was the highest court in the US. The act defined each court's jurisdiction and method of appeal. -
Judiciary Act, 1789
In Marbury, the Supreme Court ruled that Congress cannot pass laws that are contrary to the Constitution, and that it is the role of the judicial system to interpret what the Constitution permits. Thus, the Judiciary Act of 1789 was the first act of Congress to be partially invalidated by the Supreme Court. -
Philadelphia as the nation’s capital, 1790
From 1783 to 1789 and from 1790-1800, Philadelphia was the capital of the nation, and the great issues that faced the country centered in the Keystone State. A circle of Pennsylvanians who were leaders in the national movement to replace the loosely affiliated states in the Articles of Confederation with a stronger government, were simultaneously working to replace Pennsylvania's Constitution of 1776. Two problems both existing governments had failed to solve were promotion of the general welfar -
First Bank of United States , 1791-1811
The First Bank of the United States is considered a success by economic historians. Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatian commented that the Bank was "wisely and skillfully managed" (Hixson, 114). The Bank carried a remarkable amount of liquidity. In 1809, for example, its specie/banknote ratio was about 40 percent (compared to a modern average reserve/deposit ratio of about 12 percent) making it probably the most liquid bank in the U.S. at the time. Despite the liquidity, the Bank was also profit -
The Bill of Rights, 1791
Articles 3 to 12, ratified December 15, 1791, by three-fourths of the state legislatures, constitute the first 10 amendments of the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights. -
Fugitive Slave law, 1793
was an Act of the United States Congress to give effect to the Fugitive Slave Clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article 4, Section 2, Clause 3 Note: Superseded by the Thirteenth Amendment)[1] guaranteed the right of a slaveholder to recover an escaped slave. The Act's title was "An Act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters" and created the legal mechanism by which that could be accomplished.The Act was passed by the House of Representatives. -
French Revolution - Citizen Genet, 1793
The Citizen Genet affair began in 1793 when he was dispatched to the United States to promote American support for France's wars with Spain and Britain. Genet arrived in Charleston, South Carolina on the warship Embuscade on April 8. Instead of traveling to the then-capital of Philadelphia to present himself to U.S. President George Washington for accreditation, Genet stayed in South Carolina.His actions endangered American neutrality in the war between France and Britain. -
Eli Whitney granted patent for the cotton gin, 1794
Designed to separate cotton fiber from seed, Whitney's cotton gin, for which he applied for a patent on October 28, 1793, and received a patent on March 14, 1794, introduced a new, profitable technology to agricultural production in America. This made cotton a profitable crop for the first time. -
Whiskey Rebellion, 1794
a revolt of settlers in western Pennsylvania in 1794 against a federal excise tax on whiskey: suppressed by militia called out by President George Washington to establish the authority of the federal government. was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 -
Pinckney’s Treaty with Spain, 1795
Pinckney's Treaty, also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo or the Treaty of Madrid, was signed in San Lorenzo de El Escorial on October 27, 1795 and established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain. -
Jay’s Treaty with England, 1795
his treaty, known officially as the "Treaty of Amity Commerce and Navigation, between His Britannic Majesty; and The United States of America" attempted to diffuse the tensions between England and the United States that had risen to renewed heights since the end of the Revolutionary War. The U.S. government objected to English military posts along America's northern and western borders and Britain's violation of American neutrality in 1794 when the Royal Navy seized American ships in the West -
Farewell Address, 1796
is a letter written by the first American President, George Washington, to "The People of the United States of America".[1] Washington wrote the letter near the end of his second term as President, before his retirement to his home Mount Vernon. Originally published in Daved Claypole's American Daily Advertiser on September 19, 1796, under the title "The Address of General Washington To The People of The United States on his declining of the Presidency of the United States,"
