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Whisky rebellion

By Stealthninja

  • French settles in Detroit

  • Tea introduced

    Tea is introduced for the first time in colonies

  • First slave group

    The first slave group was brought to Louisiana

  • Pramotion

    Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War.
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    Reporting for duty

    During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, and helped negotiate the treaty of peace.
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    Second man

    During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, and helped negotiate the treaty of peace. From 1785 to 1788 he was minister to the Court of St. James's, returning to be elected Vice President under George Washington.

  • Good friends

    Jefferson succeeded Benjamin Franklin as minister to France in 1785. His sympathy for the French Revolution led him into conflict with Alexander Hamilton when Jefferson was Secretary of State in President Washington's Cabinet.

  • Delaware

  • Pennsylvania

  • New Jersey

  • Georgia

  • Connecticut

  • Massachusetts

  • Maryland

  • South Carolina

  • New Hampshire

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    1st president

    Gerorge Washington is the first president.
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    Tax on whisky

    congress passed a tax on all whisky.
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    James Monroe

    Minister to France in 1794-1796

  • Rebellion

    people start to rebel agents the tax, riots occur, tax collectors get tard and feathered.

  • Negotiontion

    Adams sent three commissioners to France, but in the spring of 1798 word arrived that the French Foreign Minister Talleyrand and the Directory had refused to negotiate with them unless they would first pay a substantial bribe.

  • New president

    On November 1, 1800, just before the election, Adams arrived in the new Capital City to take up his residence in the White House. On his second evening in its damp, unfinished rooms, he wrote his wife, "Before I end my letter, I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof."

  • This is our land

    Further, although the Constitution made no provision for the acquisition of new land, Jefferson suppressed his qualms over constitutionality when he had the opportunity to acquire the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon in 1803.
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    New president

    James Madison, America's fourth President (1809-1817)
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    JQ Adams

    Presidency March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829

  • Death

    Adams retired to his farm in Quincy. Here he penned his elaborate letters to Thomas Jefferson. Here on July 4, 1826, he whispered his last words

  • Thomas died

    Thomas died on July 4, 1826.
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    Andrew jackson

    March 4, 1829 March 4, 1837
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    Martin van

    President
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    William Henry

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    William Henry

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    James k

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    Zachary Taylor

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    Millard fillman

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    Franklin pierce

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    James Buchanan

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    Abraham Lincoln