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Alexander Hamilton's stewardship and new technologies prodded New England toward manufacturing.
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The industrial revolution Evolution allowed for the first real mass production and a concurrent introduction of factory jobs which were higher paying than agriculture.
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An uprising in western Massachusetts in 1786-87 led by Daniel Shays. It was a rebellion against new taxes that had to be paid in gold.
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General Lincoln's troops capture 150 Shay's rebels. Shays flees north to Vermont.
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The constitutional convention begins in the state house in Philadelphia. The delegates are farmers, merchants, lawyers and bankers.
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Delegates at the constitutional convention vote to create an entirely new form of national government separated into three branches.
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Thirty nine delegates vote to approve and then sign the final draft of the new Constitution.
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Congress votes to send the Constitution to the state legislatures for ratification, needing the approval of nine states.
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Delaware is the first of the nine states needed to ratify the Constitution.
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Following an incident in which free blacks were kidnapped and transported to the island of Martinique, declares the slavery trade illegal.
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The Constitution is rejected by a popular referendum in Rhode Island.
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The Federalists, led by James Madison prevail as ratification of the Constitution is endorsed by a close vote of 89 to 75 in virgina.
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A formal announcement is made by the president of Congress that the Constitution of the United States is now in effect, having been ratified by the required nine states.
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Georgetown University, the first Catholic college in the U.S., is founded by Father John Carroll.
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Ballots are cast in the first presidential election
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In the Senate, with 9 of 22 senators present, the presidential ballots are counted. George Washington is the unanimous choice for President with 69 votes.
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Adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen.
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A Day of Thanksgiving is established by a congressional resolution and a proclamation by George Washington.
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The USA becomes the first nation to establish a regular census as a systematic check on the size of the population
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First Bank of the United States founded
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The Whisky Rebellion was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791
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Eli Whitney invents cotton gin.
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Paper can be made from vegetable fibers instead of rags.
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Thomas Jefferson defeats John Adams in U.S. presidential election
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United States Military Academy founded at West Point
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USA under President Thomas Jefferson makes the Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon, for $ 15 million, essentially doubling the size of the USA
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scientist John Dalton introduced the atomic theory of matter.
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Aaron Burr shoots and fatally wounds Alexander Hamilton in a duel in Weehawken, New Jersey.
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US and Creek nation sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson
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Thomas Jefferson defeats Charles C. Pinckney in U.S. presidential election
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George Baxter patented letterpress process for color printing.
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War ends between Tripoli and the United States of America.
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Lewis and Clark Expedition sets out across North America
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Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific Coast of North America
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First voyage of first practical steamboat, the Cleremont, on the Hudson River in New York .
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Embargo Act passed by US Congress halting trade with Foreign Nations
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the USA bans the importation of slaves.
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Embargo Act Repealed.
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Abraham Lincoln Born.
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James Madison succeeds Thomas Jefferson and is inaugurated as president of the United States
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Mary Kies is the first woman to be awarded a patent.
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British burn Washington.
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Hartford Convention- US adopts additional internal taxes
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Second Bank of the United States established
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The federal government modifies the public land law to enable settlers to purchase land in eighty-acre parcels at $1.25 an acre.
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James Monroe is re-elected as U.S. president, virtually unopposed
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Kentucky becomes the first state to abolish incarceration for debt.
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President James Monroe vetoes a bill to repair and collect tolls on the National Road
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Congress approves first act for harbor improvements.
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Tariff Act raises protective tariffs
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Andrew Jackson receives more Popular votes than John Quincy Adams but does not secure a majority of Electorial Votes in the U.S. presidential elections.
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The U.S. Supreme Court hands down the Gibbons vs. Ogden decision, which establishes the federal government's power over interstate commerce.