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Washington is elected as the president of the USA.
Washington states that he wants nothing to do with the French Revolution. -
The bill of rights officially becomes a important part of the Constitution.
Vermont becomes the U.S' 14th state. -
Washington and Adams are reinstated as the President and the Vice-President, respectfully.
Kentucky becomes the U.S' 15th state. -
Washington doesn't take sides when war breaks out between Great Britain and France.
Yellow fever infects Philadelphia, killing over 4000 people. -
John Adams beats Thomas Jefferson for presidency.
Tennessee becomes the U.S' 16th state. -
Tensions between France and the U.S. build.
Alien & Sedition Acts orders deportation of dangerous aliens. -
George Washington dies in Virginia at the age of 67.
Patrick Henry dies in Virginia at the age of 63. -
U.S. population totals 5.3 million, including 1 million African Americans, 900000 of them are enslaved.
Federal capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. -
The Louisiana Territory is purchased from France for $15 million.
Lewis and Clark expedition begins in St. Louis. -
Barbary war comes to a close after U.S. troops capture Darna.
Lewis and Clark expedition reaches the Pacific ocean. -
Slave Trade is banned by Congress.
Cotton becomes the leading export of the U.S. -
James Madison elected president and George Clinton reelected vice president.
The Osage tribe cedes its lands in Missouri and Arkansas regions to the U.S. -
Congress allows trade with all countries except France and Britain.
Abraham Lincoln is born -
The U.S. declares war on Great Britain over borders, trade, freedom of the seas, and basically rights.
Louisiana enter the Union as the 18th state. -
U.S. defeats British in the Battle of Lake Erie and the Battle of the Thames.
British seize Fort Niagara, burn Buffalo, NY, and blockade coastal ports. -
British attack and burn Washington, DC.
The War of 1812 Ends with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. -
Gen. Andrew Jackson defeats British at the Battle of New Orleans.
The Alabama & Mississippi territories is opened to migration of American settlers. -
Indiana enters the Union as the 19th state.
James Monroe and Daniel Tompkins are elected president and vice president, respectively. -
U.S. and Britain demilitarize the Great Lakes.
The First Seminole War begins with attacks on settlers in Florida & Georgia. -
Gen Andrew Jackson leads troops into Florida to fight the Seminoles.
Illinois enters the Union as the 21st state. -
U.S. acquires Florida from Spain in the Adams-Onis Treaty.
Alabama enters the Union as the 22nd state. -
U.S. population totals 10 million, including 1.7 million African Americans.
Monroe & Tompkins are re-elected president & vice President, respectively. -
First American settlers arrive in Texas.
Peru, Mexico, Venezuela, and Guatemala become independent from Spain. -
Slave rebellion led by Denmark Vesey is crushed in Charleston, South Carolina.
Brazil becomes independent from Portugal. -
Europe is warned not to interfere in Western Hemisphere affairs.
Cotton mills begin production in Lowell, Massachusetts, with water-powered machinery.
