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U.S.Govt.Under The Constitution Begins
Suggestions for addressing the president include "Excellency" and "Highness." Washington states U.S. neutrality after the French Revolution begins in Paris. -
First Census
U.S. population totals 3.9 million, including app. 760,000 African Americans, of whom 700,000 enslaved. First petition to Congress to emancipate slaves is submitted by Quakers (VA). -
Bill of Rights is Ratified
Vermont enters the Union as the 14th state. U.S. troops are defeated by the Miami Indians in Ohio after being sent by
Washington to respond to the massacre of settlers at Big Bottom -
Presidential Election
Kentucky enters the Union as the 15th state; first state to grant universal manhood suffrage. -
Washington Declares U.S. is neutral
War breaks out between France and Great Britain. Indians of the Northwest confederacy entreat U.S. to keep the Ohio River as the boundary of Indians' lands. -
Whiskey Rebellion
Britain agrees to withdraw from the Northwest Territory, and the U.S. agrees to pay pre- Revolution debts. (Jay's Treaty)
U.S. troops defeat the Shawnee Indians near the Ohio River. -
Northwest Territory
Spain allows the US navigation rights on the Mississippi River and the 31st parallel is set as the border between the US and the Spanish empire. -
Presidential Election
John Adams defeats Thomas Jefferson for president, Jefferson becomes the vice president. Washington leaves the presidency. -
Barbary War Begins
John Marshall is appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. (1801-1835) Tripoli declares war on US. -
Sedition Acts
Alien and Sedition Acts are allowed to expire by Congress. -
Louisiana Territory
In 1803, the United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France for 15 million. Apparently it nearly doubled the size of the US. -
1804 Presidential Election
12th Amendment ratified... Alexander Hamilton is murdered by Vice President Aaron Burr in a duel. -
Barbary War Ends
US troops capture Darna. Piracy by Barbary States continues until 1815. Lewis and Clark go on their expedition. -
1806 Expedition
Lewis and Clark expedition ends with return to St. Louis. Pretty sure they were the first to explore the Mississippi River.. -
Ban on Slave Trade
Embargo Act is passed by Congress in response to British and French interference with US trade. Jefferson orders British warships to leave US waters after British attach the Chesapeake. -
1808 Presidential Election
Osage people cedes their land in Missouri and Arkansas regions to the US. James Madison elected President and George Clinton re-elected Vice President. -
1817 First Seminole War
US and Britain demilitarize the Great Lakes. They agree to joint custody of the Oregon Territory. Construction on the Erie Canal begins (completed in 1825) -
Fight Seminoles
Gen. Andrew Jackson leads troops into Florida to fight the Seminoles. Connecticut abolishes property ownership as a requirement. -
1819 McCulloch v. Maryland
US acquires Florida from Spain in the Adams-Onis Treaty. Supreme Court upholds right of federal government to charter a national bank. -
Fourth Census/ Missouri Compromise
So of a total 10 million people in the US, 1.5 million of those people are ENSLAVED African Americans. Missouri Compromise is passed by Congress, allows admission and Missouri as a slave state. bans slavery in the Louisiana Territory. -
Missouri enters Union as 24th state
First American settlers arrive in Texas, led by Stephen Austin.
Mass, and NY abolish property qualifications for voting. -
Slave Rebellion
Slave Rebellion crushed in Charleston, South Carolina. Amer. Coloization Soc. establishes Monrovia. -
Monroe Doctrine
Europe is warned not to interfere in Western Hemisphere affairs. Cotton mills begin production in Lowell, Mass, with water-powered machinery.
