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The Treaty of Paris
This treaty and the separate peace treaties between Great Britain and the nations that supported the American cause—France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic—are known collectively as the Peace of Paris. -
Constitution
The new constitution replaced the old articles of Confederation.
The delegates meet in Philadelphia to create the document. -
Tariff war
Tariff of 1789. One of the major early actions of Congress was the passage of the Tariff Act of 1789, which was designed to: raise revenues for the new government by placing a tariff on the importation of foreign goods (averaging more than 8 percent) -
State Constitutional Convention
In November 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. Rhode Island, which opposed federal control of currency and was critical of compromise on the issue of slavery, resisted ratifying the Constitution until the U.S. government threatened to sever commercial relations with the state. -
Whiskey rebellion
A tax protest in the United States.
The tax was on all alcoholic items. -
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 between 1799 and 1800 -
The War of 1812
The war of 1812 was fought between the United States and the United Kingdom. The war started in 1812 and ended in 1815. -
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. -
Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815[1] between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson.[2] It took place approximately 5 miles (8.0 kilometers) east-southeast of the city of New Orleans,[4] close to the town of Chalmette, Louisiana, and it was a U.S. victory.[2]
