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Constitution
Members met in Philadelphia pa to straighten the federal gov
The new constitution replaced the articles of confederation -
Fries rebellion
When the undeclared war broke out between the U.S. and France president John Adams asked congress to raise money to fund the army and navy. -
A new state constitution
While Americans where writing new federal constitution Pennsylvanians were becoming dissatisfied with there state constitution -
The whiskey rebellion
Andrew Hamilton, secretary of the treasury, proposed a series of taxes to raise revenue for the new government -
The war of 1812
The treaty of Paris had officially ended the revolutionary war between the United States and Great Britain but British ships still harassed American ships on th ocean