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Constitution formally put into effect. Judiciary Act of 1789
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First official census
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Toussanint LOuverture launches Haitian. Revolution
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Bill of Rights adopted. vermont becomes fourteenth state.Bank of th eUnited states created.Excise tax passed
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washington reelected president
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Federalist and Democratic-Republican parties formed
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Louis XVI beheaded; radical phase of French Revolution.
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Whiskey Rebellion. Battle of Fallen Timbers. Jay's treaty with Britain
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Treaty of Greenville: Indians cede Ohio. Pinckney's Treaty with spain
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Washington's Farewell Address
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Adams becomes president. XYZ Affair
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Alien and sedition Acts
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Virginia and Kentucky resolutions
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Undeclared war with France
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Jefferson defeats Adams for presidency
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Convention of 1800: Peace with France
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Judiciary Act of 1801
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Naval war with Tripoli
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Revised naturalization law. Judicary Act of 1801 repealed.
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Marbury v. Madison. Louisiana Purchase
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Haiti emerges as first independent black republic. Jefferson reelected president.Impeachment of Justice Chase.
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Lewis and Clark expedition
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Peace treaty with Tripoli. Battle of Trafalgar. Battle of Austerlitz
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Pike's explorations
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Pike's explorations
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Burr treason trial
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Chesapeake affair. Embargo Act
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Madison elected president
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Non-Intercourse Act replaces Embargo Act
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Flecher v. Peck ruling asserts right of Supreme Court to invalidate state laws deemed unconstitutional
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Macon's Bill No. 2. Napoleon announces (falsely) repeal fo blockade decrees. Madison reestablishes nonimportation against Britain
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Venezuela declares independence from Spain
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Battle of Tippecanoe
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United States declares war on Britian Madison reelected president.
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United States declares war on britain
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American invaions of Canada fail
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Battle of the thames. Battle of Lake Erie
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Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Napoleon exiled to Elba. British brn washington, D.C.. Battle of Platsburgh. Treaty of Ghent signed ending war of 1812.
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Hartford Convention. Congress of Vienna.
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Battle of New Orleans. Napoleon's army defeated at Waterloo
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second Bank of the United States founded . Protectionist Tariff of 1816. Argentina declares independence from spain. Monroe elected president.
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Rush-Bagot agreement limits naval armament on Great Lakes. Madison vetoes internal improvements bill.
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Jackson invades Florida. Chile in rebellion since 1810, declares independence from spain. anglo-American Convention
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Panic of 1819. spain cedes Florida to United states in Adams-Onis Treaty. McCulloch v. Maryland. Dartmouth College v. Wodward.
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Missouri Compromise. Missouri and Maine admtted to Union. Land Act of 1820. Monroe reelected.
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Cohens v. Virginia. Austria intervenes to crush popular uprising in Italy
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France intervenes to suppresses liberal government in spain. secretary adams proposes Monroe doctrine.
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Russo-American Treaty. Gibbons v. Ogden
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Erie canal completed