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U.S. Govt. UNDER THE CONSTITUTION BEGINS.
Washington is inaugurated. suggestions for addressing the president include 'Excellency' and 'highness'. -
FIRST CENSUS:
Washington to abide by the land boundaries set in the 1784 Treaty of Fort Stanwix. -
BILL OF THE RIGHTS IS RATIFIED
and become part of the constitution. First Bank of the united states is chartered for twenty-yers period. Vermont enters the union as the 14th state. -
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Washington and Adams are re- elected president and vice-pres. -
ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS
Jefferson and Madison publish resolutions in opposition. Eli Whitney opens factory to build refiles for the U.S. government using his system of interchangeable parts. -
SECOND CENSUS
U.S. population totals 5.3 million, including one million Africans Americans, of whom 900,000 are enslaved. Federal capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington D.C. -
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Jefferson and Burr ( Democratic- Republican) tie for president, defeating Adams and Pinckney (Federalist) -
BARBARY WAR BEGINS
Tripoli declares war on U.S.; Jefferson sends U.S. ships to Mediterranean sea. 25th anniversary 'Lady' published The Female Advocate. -
LOUISIANA TERRITORY
is purchased from France for $15 million, nearly doubling the size of the U.S. -
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Jefferson is re-elected president and George Clinton elected vice pres. ( Dem-Rep) -
BARBARY WAR ENDS
After U.S. troops capture darna.Piracy by Barbary States continues until 1815. -
BAN ON SLAVE TRADE
Jefferson orders British warships to leave U.S. waters after British attack the Chesapeake. Impressment continues: approx. 1,000 U.S. seamen are 'pressed' annually into the British navy. -
THIRD CENSUS
U.S. population totals 7.2 million, including 1.4 million Africans, of whom 1.2 million are enslaved; population west of Appalachian Mountains is 1 million. -
WAR OF 1812
Beings as U.S. declares war on Great Britain over issues of borders, trade, freedom of the sea, and the rights of neutrals. -
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Madison is re-elect president and elbridge Gerry elected vice president (Democratic-Republican) -
WAR OF 1812 ENDS
with singing of Treaty of Ghent. -
CREEK WAR ENDS
with defeat by U.S. troops in the battle of Horseshoes Bend( Alabama) -
'OLD SOUTHWEST'
( Alabama and Mississippi territories) is opened to migration of American settlers after the defeat of the Indians in the Creek War. -
FIRST SEMINOLE WAR
begins with attack on settlers in Florida and Georgia. New York Stock Exchange is established. -
M CULLOCH v. MARYLAND
Supreme Court upholds right of federal government to charter a national bank, thus affirming its 'implied powers' beyond those stared in the constitution. U.S. acquires Florida from Spain in the Adams-onis Treaty -
FOURTH CENSUS
U.S. population totals 10 million, including 1.7 million African Americans, of whom 1.5 million are enslaved; population west of Appalachian Mts. is 2.2 million 6% of Americans live in cities. -
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Monroe and Tompkins are re- elected president and vice president. -
MISSOURI COMPROMISE
is a passed by congeress; allows admission of: and Missouri as a slave state, and bans slavery in the louisiana Territory north of 3630' 9 the southern boundary of missouri. -
MONROE DOCTRINE
Europe is wanted not to interfere in western Hemisphere affairs. cotton miles begin production in Lowell. Massachusetts, with water-powered machinery.
