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The Industrial Revolution was a period from 1750 to 1850 where changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the social, economic and cultural conditions of the times.
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A political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America.
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Britain recognizes the independence of the USA with the Treaty of Paris.
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Shay’s Rebellion was an armed uprising in Massachusetts in opposition to debt crisis of the citizenry and state government’s increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades.
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US Constitution was written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
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US Constitution was ratified by 9 states on June 22 and becomes the supreme law of the USA in 1778.
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First Supreme Court assembled in New York the Chief Justice was John Jay.
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The Bill of Rights first 10 amendments was added to the Constitution in 1791.
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DescriptionThe Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest in the United States.
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US capital moves to Washington, District of Columbia.