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Suggestions for addressing the president include "Excellency" and "Highness." Washington states U.S. neutrality after the French Revolution begins in Paris.
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U.S. population totals 3.9 million, including app. 760,000 African Americans, of whom 700,000 enslaved. First petition to Congress to emancipate slaves is submitted by Quakers (VA).
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Vermont enters the Union as the 14th state. U.S. troops are defeated by the Miami Indians in Ohio after being sent by
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Kentucky enters the Union as the 15th state; first state to grant universal manhood suffrage.
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War breaks out between France and Great Britain. Indians of the Northwest confederacy entreat U.S. to keep the Ohio River as the boundary of Indians' lands.
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Britain agrees to withdraw from the Northwest Territory, and the U.S. agrees to pay pre- Revolution debts. (Jay's Treaty)
U.S. troops defeat the Shawnee Indians near the Ohio River. -
Spain allows the US navigation rights on the Mississippi River and the 31st parallel is set as the border between the US and the Spanish empire.
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John Adams defeats Thomas Jefferson for president, Jefferson becomes the vice president. Washington leaves the presidency.
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John Marshall is appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. (1801-1835) Tripoli declares war on US.
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Alien and Sedition Acts are allowed to expire by Congress.
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In 1803, the United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France for 15 million. Apparently it nearly doubled the size of the US.
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12th Amendment ratified... Alexander Hamilton is murdered by Vice President Aaron Burr in a duel.
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US troops capture Darna. Piracy by Barbary States continues until 1815. Lewis and Clark go on their expedition.
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Lewis and Clark expedition ends with return to St. Louis. Pretty sure they were the first to explore the Mississippi River..
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Embargo Act is passed by Congress in response to British and French interference with US trade. Jefferson orders British warships to leave US waters after British attach the Chesapeake.
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Osage people cedes their land in Missouri and Arkansas regions to the US. James Madison elected President and George Clinton re-elected Vice President.
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US and Britain demilitarize the Great Lakes. They agree to joint custody of the Oregon Territory. Construction on the Erie Canal begins (completed in 1825)
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Gen. Andrew Jackson leads troops into Florida to fight the Seminoles. Connecticut abolishes property ownership as a requirement.
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US acquires Florida from Spain in the Adams-Onis Treaty. Supreme Court upholds right of federal government to charter a national bank.
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So of a total 10 million people in the US, 1.5 million of those people are ENSLAVED African Americans. Missouri Compromise is passed by Congress, allows admission and Missouri as a slave state. bans slavery in the Louisiana Territory.
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First American settlers arrive in Texas, led by Stephen Austin.
Mass, and NY abolish property qualifications for voting. -
Slave Rebellion crushed in Charleston, South Carolina. Amer. Coloization Soc. establishes Monrovia.
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Europe is warned not to interfere in Western Hemisphere affairs. Cotton mills begin production in Lowell, Mass, with water-powered machinery.
