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FIRST CENSUS
U.S. population totals 3.9 million, including app 760,000 African Americans, whom 700,000 are enslaved -
FIRST CENSUS
U.S. population totals 3.9million, including app. 760,000 African Americans, of whom 700,000are enslaved -
BILL OF RIGHTS IS RATIFIED
and becomes part of the constitution, First Bank of the United States is chartered for a twenty year period -
BAN ON SLAVE TRADE
(importation of slaves) is passed by Congress, as required by the Constitution. -
BARBARY WAR ENDS
after U.S. troops capture darna. Piracy by Barbary states continues until 1815. -
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Jefferson is re-elected president and George Clinton elected vice pres.(Dem-Rep). -
BARBARY WAR BEGGINS
Tripoli declares war on us U.S. ;Jefferson sends U.S. ships to the Mediteranean Sea. -
WAR OF 1812
begins as U.S. declares war on Great Britain over issues of borders, trade, freedom of the seas, and the rights of neutrals. In general, the war is supported by Westerners and opposed by New Englanders. Indians under Tecumseh fight on the side of the British. -
CREEK WAR ENDS
With defeat by U.S. troops in the battle of Horses -
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
James Monroe and Daniel Tompikins are elected president and vice president (Democratic-Republican). -
MONROE DOCTRINE
Eruope is warned not to interfere in Western Hemisphere affairs. Cotton mills begin production in Lowell, Massachusetts, with water powered machinery. -
FIRST SEMINOLE WAR
begins with attacks on settlers in Florida & Georgia. -
FOURTH CENSUS
U.S. population totals 10 million, including 1.7million African Americans, of whom 1.5 million are enslaved -
NORTHWEST TERRITORY
John Adams (federalist) defeats Thomas Jefferson (Republican) for president (Jefferson becomes vice-president). -
MCULLOCH V. MARYLAND
Supreme Court upholds right of Federal government to charter an national bank, thus affirming its "implied powers" beyond those in the Constitution -
WISKEY REBELLION
In which farmers in western Pennsylvania protest the excise tax on whiskey, is put down by federal troops. -
SECOND CENSUS
U.S. population totals 5.3 million, including one million African Americans, of whom 900,000 are enslaved -
QUASI WAR
of 1798-1800 begins when France attempts to bribe U.S. commissioners in Paris, sparking the building tension between the nations
