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U.S. Govt. Under The Constitution Begins
Washington is inaugurated. Washington states 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. Samuel Slater's mill begins spinning cotton. -
Bill of Rights is Ratified
it becomes part of the constitution. Vermont enters the Union as the 14th state. Benjamin Banneker writes Jefferson to apply the Declaration's principles to enslaved people. -
Presidential Election
The Washington and The Adams are re -elected president and vice president. Also the Kentucky enters the 15th State Union. -
Whiskey Rebellion
Whiskey Rebellion, farmers in Pennsylvania protest the excise tax on whiskey, is put down by federal troops. Britain agrees to withdraw from the Northwest Territory, and the U.S. agrees to pay pre- Revolution debts. -
Northwest Territory
Opened for settlement after Indian defeat at Fallen Timbers. Spain allows U.S. to go on the Mississippi River, 31st parallel is set as the border between the U.S. and the Spanish empire. -
Barbary War Ends
Lewis and Clark expedition reaches the Pacific Ocean. Piracy by Barbary States continues until 1815. -
St. Louis
Lewis and Clark expedition ends and they return to St. Louis -
Ban On Slave Trade
Importation of slaves is passed by Congress, as required by the Constitution. Embargo Act is passed by Congress in response to British and French interference with U.S. trade. -
Third Census
U.S. population totals 7.2 million, 1.4 African Americans, 1.2 are enslaved. population west of Appalachian Mountains is 1 million. -
Steamboat
Construction of Cumberland Road begins in Maryland; reaches Vandalia, Illinois, in 1840. First steamboat journey is completed. -
War of 1812
Begins a U.S. declares war on Great Britain over issues of borders, trade, freedom of the seas and the rights of neutrals. -
U.S. Defeats Britain
U.S. defeats British in the Battle of Lake Erie and the Battle of Thames. British seize Fort Niagara, burn Buffalo, NY, and blockade coastal ports. -
End of War
War of 1812 ends with signing of Treaty of Ghent. Creek war ends with defeat by U.S. troops in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. -
"Old Southwest"
Opened to migration of American settlers after the defeat of the Indians in the Creek War. Gen. Andrew Jackson defeats British at the Battle of New Orleans two weeks after signing. -
Indiana
First protective tariff is passed by Congress. Indiana enters the Union as the 19th state. -
First Seminole War
Begins with attacks on settlers in Florida and Georgia. New York Stock Exchange is established Mississippi enters Union as 20th state. -
Fourth Census
U.S. population totals 10 million. Maine enters the Union as the 23rd state under the Missouri Compromise. -
Joining America
Missouri enters the Union as 24th state under the Missouri Compromise. First American settlers arrive in Texas, led by Stephen Austin. -
Brazil Becomes Independent
Brazil becomes independent from Portugal. Slave rebellion led by Denmark Vesey is crushed in Charleston, South Carolina.
