A new nation

By darjan_m
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    A New Nation

  • Thomas Paine

    Thomas Paine creates common sense

  • First constituional convention

    This was the first assembly for the states to start making their own constitutions. This first convention was in Pennsylvania. Many states after this started having the same type of conventions. This sparked the method in which the state constitutions were written and approved.

  • American revolution

    Washington crosses the Delaware river

  • First Slave abolition law

    The first slave abolition law was passed in Pennsylvania. This was a gradual law that slowly took away bondage. It said that all children born to slave mothers after March 1780 would be freed when they turned 28.

  • Treaty of paris

    Congress Ratified Treaty of PAris, ending the Revolution.

  • John Jay

    1st Secretary of State

  • Shay rebellion

    Shays

  • Ratification of the constituion

    In 1787 the delegates in the Philadelphia signed the Constitution. After this it was sent out to all of the states. Many states ratified quickly but New Hampshire in 1788 was the ninth state to ratify which put the constitution into effect. This was important because it created a strong central government in the U.S. and helped fix many problems. It gave power to the Federal government, which helped them tax and raise armies.

  • Massachusetts

    Massachusetts became a state.

  • Washinton Becomes president

    This was important because George Washington was the first president. He appointed Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson in his cabinet. He was an independent and he often listened to Hamilton and Jefferson but usually sided with Hamilton. Hamilton was a federalist, which made the federalist vision show through and made the federal government stronger.

  • US Federal Judiciary Act Passed

    Created a six-person Supreme Court

  • Bill of Rights ratified

    This was important because it was one of the main missing things in the constitution. Without this being added the American people would be missing some of the basic rights they deserve.

  • Bank of the united states was established

    This was important because it created a central place for the federal government's money

  • Kentucky

    Kentucky became a state

  • Eli Whitney

    Eli Whitney invented the cotton Gin.

  • Jay treaty created

    This treaty established Great Britain as America's primary trading partner.

  • XYZ affair

    John Adams sent three men to negotiate with France. When those three men got there, France wanted 250,000 dollars each just to talk with them and if America refused they would consider it an act of war.

  • Quasi War

    This was important because it was a conflict between France and America, which complicated many things in Europe.

  • Alien and Sedation act

    These gave many powers to the federal government and took away some rights of the people.

  • Thomas Jefferson

    Chooses Jefferson as President

  • Ohio

    Ohio became a state.

  • Marbury vs. Madison

    This established Judicial Review. This case made it so that courts cold decide what cases they wanted to hear and what cases they didn't want to hear.

  • Barbary Wars

    his was when America was trying to trade in the Mediterranean and pirates attacked them. President Jefferson sent troops over seas to free the hostages.

  • Louisiana Purchase

    This was when President Jefferson bought land west of the Mississippi River. This was important because it almost doubled the size of America. It also sparked conflicts with the Indians and Great Britain.

  • Lewis and Clarke expedition

    They explored the Louisiana Purchase, to find a passage.

  • Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickins in a duel.

  • Embargo act

    This was important because it didn't allow any trade with other countries.

  • Robert Fulton

    Robert Fulton patents the Steamboat.

  • louisiana

    Lousiana became a state

  • War of 1812

    This was important because it was the first time that America won a war without the help of any other country.

  • The hartford Convention

    This was important because it was the Federalist getting together because of their loss of power.

  • Indiana

    Indiana became a state

  • Mississippi

    Mississippi became a state

  • Illinous

    Illinous became a state.

  • Alabama

    Alabama became a state

  • Maine

    Maine became a state

  • Missouri Comprimise

    This was important because it solved the problem of what states in the Louisiana Purchase would become slave states and which ones would become free states.

  • Monroe Doctorine

    This was important because it shows the rest of the world that America is not just some small country to be taken advantage of.

  • Scott Francis Key

    Scott Francis Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner.

  • Erie Canal

    Erie Canal was made which helped trade out