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The Whiskey Rebellion, or Whiskey Insurrection, was a tax protest in the United States in 1789, during the presidency of George Washington.
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Jay's Treaty concluded in 1794 between the United States and Great Britain to settle difficulties arising mainly out of violations of the Treaty of Paris of 1783 and to regulate commerce and navigation.
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Pinckney’s Treaty, also called Treaty of San Lorenzo, Oct. 27, 1795, agreement between Spain and the United States, fixing the southern boundary of the United States at 31° N latitude and establishing commercial arrangements favourable to the United States.
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John adams was an American Founding Father, lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States.
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George Washington's Farewell Address is a letter written by the first American President, George Washington, to "The People of the United States"
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The XYZ Affair was a 1798 diplomatic episode during the administration of John Adams that Americans interpreted as an insult from France.
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The Naturalization Act, passed by Congress on June 18, 1798 it increased the amount of time necessary for immigrants to become naturalized citizens in the United States from five to fourteen years.
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The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed in 1798 by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress in the aftermath of the French Revolution's reign of terror and during an undeclared naval war with Britain and France, later known as the Quasi-War.
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The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799, in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.
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In the United States Presidential election of 1800, sometimes referred to as the "Revolution of 1800".
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The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides the procedure for electing the President and Vice President.
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition,was the first transcontinental expedition to the Pacific Coast by the United States.
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In the United States presidential election of 1808, the Democratic-Republican candidate James Madison defeated Federalist candidate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
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"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America.
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The Hartford Convention was an event in the United States in which New England Federalists met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and the political problems arising from the domination of the Federal Government by Presidents from Virginia.
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The Treaty of Ghent,1814, agreement ending the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. It was signed at Ghent, Belgium, on Dec. 24, 1814, and ratified by the U.S. Senate in Feb1815.
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The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815 and was the final major battle of the War of 1812
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The Rush–Bagot Treaty was a treaty between the United States and Britain ratified by the United States Senate on April 16, 1817.
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on April 6, 1789 George Washington was elected president of the U.S.A. George Washington had looked forward to a quiet retirement.