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U.S. GOVT. UNDER THE CONSTITUTION BEGINS.
Washington was inaugurated. Washington sates U.S. neutrality after the French Revolution begins in Paris. -
FIRST CENSUS
U.S. Population totals 3.9 million, including app. 760,000 African Americans, of whom 700,000 are enslaved. -
BILL OF RIGHTS IS RATIFIED
The Bill of Rights is Ratified and Becomes part of the Constitution. Benjamin Banneker writes Jefferson to apply the Declaration's Principles to enslaved people. -
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Kentucky enters the Union as the 5th state; first state to grant universal manhood suffrage Presidential Election. Washington and Adams are re-elected president and vice-pres. -
WHISKEY REBELLION
Britain agrees to withdraw from the Northwest territory, and the U.S. agrees to pay Pre-Revolution debts. U.S. troops defeat the Shawnee Indians (Battle of Fallen Timbers) near the Ohio River. -
NORTHWEST TERRITORY
Spain allows the U.S. navigation rights on the Mississippi river, and the 31st parallel is set as the border between the U.S. and the Spanish empire. Northwest territory is opened for settlement after Indian defeat at fallen Timbers. -
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Tennessee enters the Union as the 16th state , granting universal manhood suffrage. John Adams (Federalist) defeats Thomas Jefferson(Republican) leaves the presidency after two terms and delivers his Farewell Address. -
JOHN ADAMS
John Adams is inaugurated as second president of the United States. -
QUASI WAR
"Quasi war" of 1798-1800 began when France attempts to bribe U.S. commissioners in Paris, sparking the building tension between the nations. -
GEORGE WASHINGTON
George Washington dies in Virginia at age 67(born 1732). Weems's The Life and Memorable Action =s of George Washington, including the cherry-tree myth, in published the next year. -
SECOND CENSUS
U.S. population totals 5.3 million, including one million African Americans, of whom 900,000 are enslaved. Free African Americans petition Congress to repeal the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793.. -
BARBARY WAR BEGINS
the Jefferson-Burr tie forces the electioon into the Hoes of Representatives (since candidates were nominated separately for president and vice-president); Jefferson's elected in 36 ballots as third president of the U.S. -
ALIEN AND SEDITION
Alien and Sedition Acts are allowed to expire by Congress. -
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Alexander Hamilton killed by Vice President Aaron Burr is a duel. Jefferson is re-elected president and George Clinton elected vice pres. -
BARBARY WAR ENDS
Barbary War Ends after U.S. troops capture Darna. Piracy by Barbary States continues until 1815. Lewis and Clark expedition reaches the Pacific Ocean. -
BAN ON SLAVE TRADE
Ban on Slave Trade(importation) is passed by Congress, as requited by the Constitution. Embargo Act is passed by Congress in response to British and French interference with U.S. trade. -
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
James Madsion elected president and George Clintion re-elected Vice President (Democratic-Republican) -
THRID CENSUS
U.S. population toals 7.2 million, insclude 1.4 million African Americans, of whom 1.2 million are enslaved; population west of illions, in 1840 -
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Madison is re-elected president and Elbridge Gerry elected vice president (Democratic-Republican). Napoleon unsuccessfully invades Russia. -
WAR OF 1812
Begins as U.S. declares war on great Britain over issues of borders, trade, ffreedom of the seas, and the rights of neutrals. -
WAR OF 1812 ENDS
With singing of Treaty of Ghent -
CREEK WAR ENDS
With defeat by U.S. troops in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend ( Alabama) -
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
James monroe and Daniel Tompkins are elected presdident and vice president ( Democractic- Republican) -
FIRST SEMINOLE WAR
First Seminole war begins with attacks on settlers in Florida & Georgia. New York stock Exchange is established. -
MC CULLOCH v. MARYLAND
Suppreme Court upholds right of federal goverment to charter a national back, thus affirming its "implied powers" beynod those stated in the Constitution. -
FOURTH CENSUS
U.S. population totals 10 million, including 1.7 million African Americans, of whom 1.5 are enslaved. -
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Monroe & Tompkins are re-elected president & vice president. -
MONROE DOCTRINE
Europe is warned not to interfere in western Hemisphere affairs. Cotton mills begin production in Lowell, Massachusetts, with water-powered machinery.
