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George Wahington is elected president
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Washington takes the oath of office
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Judiciary Act sets up federal court system
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St. Clair's froces are badly beaten by Little Turtle
Little Turlte= chief of miami people
over 600 americans died in the battle by the Wabash River -
Bill of Rights added to Constitution
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Washington's second term begins
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The Whiskey Rebellion
farmers in Pennsylvania attack tax collectors in protest of Hamiltons taxes on whiskey -
Battle of Fallen Timbers
former Revolutionary War gerneral Anthony Wayne defeats over 1000 Native Americans under Shawnee chief Blue Jacket -
Pinckney's Treaty
gives Americans righte to free navigation of the Mississippi River and right to trade at New Orleans -
Election of 1796
Adams is Federalist candidate:
Jefferson is Democratic- Republican candidate -
Adams administration takes office
Jefferson is VP -
XYZ affair
adams sent a delegation to France to avoid war. French forieign minister Charles de Talleyrand refused to meet with the americans and instead sent 3 agents who demanded a bribe from the americans. the americans refused and sent a report to adams who demanded that war be declared on the french. the 3 french agents were called X, Y, and Z so the incendent became known as the XYZ affair -
Congress passes Alien and Sedition acts
laws passed by fedaralists to protect the nation's security because of paranoia against French