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Constitution
Members met in Philadelphia Pa to strengthen the federal government.The new constitution replaced the articles of confederation. -
Fries Rebellion
German American rose to protest another tax, this tax was on land, houses, and slaves.German Americans did not view the tax as being helpful, they thought the poor, who needed all of their income just to survive, would suffer more than the rich.People started dumping boiling water on tax collectors. -
A New State Constitution
One weakness of the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 was that the president of the Supreme Executive Council did not have the authority that governors have today.After 13 years a new constitutional convention the the the state’s second constitution. -
Whiskey Rebellion
Alexander Hamilton put an excised tax on whiskey.This act hurt the farmers who made whiskey from their corn, the farmers and frontiersmen acted upon this. -
War of 1812
United States officials complained about these actions on the high seas. Also American soldiers got kidnapped by British soldiers. -
Battle of Lake Erie
The 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. ... It was one of the biggest naval battles of the War of 1812.
