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British Impressment
The British would capture ships and force the sailors to become part of the Royal Navy.
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John Adams
Boston Massacre. He defended the british soldiers in court and won their innocence. -
Thomas Jefferson
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Articles of Confederation
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/artconf.asp
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End of the American Revolution
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/revolutionarywar/a/treaty_of_paris.htm
The Treaty of Paris in 1783 formally ended the Revolutionary War and recognized the United States as an independent country. -
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Ratification of the Constition
State, Date, Votes for, Votes against
Delaware, December 7 1787, 30, 0
Pennsylvania, December 12 1787, 46, 23
New Jersey, December 18 1787, 38, 0
Georgia, January 2 1788, 26, 0
Connecticut, January 9 1788, 128, 40
Massachusetts, February 6 1788, 187, 168
Maryland, April 28 1788, 63, 11
South Carolina, May 23 1788,149, 73
New Hampshire, June 21 1788 57, 47
Virginia June 25 1788, 89, 79
New York July 26, 1788 30 27
North Carolina November 21 1789, 194, 77
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George Washington takes officed as Presidenrt
Washington acted carefully and deliberately, aware of the need to build an executive structure that could accommodate future presidents. Washington was reelected president in 1792. -
Whiskey Rebellion
a tax protest in the United States in the 1790s, during the presidency of George Washington. Farmers who sold their corn in the form of whiskey had to pay a new tax which they strongly resented. The tax was a part of treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton's program to pay off the national debt. -
Battle of FAllen Timbers
Decisive victory of U.S. Gen. Anthony Wayne over the northwestern Indian Confederation, securing white settlement of former Indian territory, mainly in Ohio. Wayne led more than 1,000 soldiers to confront the 2,000 Indians, who had been promised British support and who had gathered behind a protective tangle of fallen trees along the Maumee River (near modern Toledo). The Indians, abandoned by the British, fled in disarray. A treaty in 1795 ceded Indian lands to the U.S. and ended British influe -
Jay's Treaty
the agreement in 1794 between England and the U.S. by which limited trade relations were established, England agreed to give up its forts in the northwestern frontier, and a joint commission was set up to settle border disputes. -
Pickneys Treaty
an agreement in 1795 between Spain and the U.S. by which Spain recognized the 31st parallel as the southern boundary of the U.S. and permitted free navigation of the Mississippi to American ships. -
George Washington Leaves Office
Washington had a vision of a great and powerful nation that would be built on republican lines using federal power. He sought to use the national government to preserve liberty, improve infrastructure, open the western lands, promote commerce, found a permanent capital, reduce regional tensions and promote a spirit of American nationalism -
X, Y, Z Affair with France
an incident in Franco-American relations in which a bribery attempt perpetrated by French agents in 1797 led the US to the brink of formal war with France. -
Alien Sedition Acts
A series of laws, passed during the presidency of John Adamsat the end of the eighteenth century, that sought to restrict the public activities of political radicalswho sympathized with the French Revolutionand criticized Adams's Federalistpolicies. In response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, James Madisonand Thomas Jeffersonwrote the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, which asserted states' rights. -
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Viginia Resolutions
Statements of principle adopted by two state legislatures in the 1790s; they affirmed states' rights in response to the federal Alien and Sedition Acts. James Madison wrote the Virginia Resolutions, -
Election of 1800
In the United States Presidential election of 1800, sometimes referred to as the "Revolution of 1800," Vice-President Thomas Jefferson defeated President John Adams. The election was a realigning election that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican Party rule and the eventual demise of the Federalist Party in -
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Barbary Wars
The Barbary Wars were a series of wars between the United States of America and the Barbary States of North Africa in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. At issue was the Barbary pirates' demand of tribute from American merchant vessels in the Mediterranean Sea. If ships failed to pay, pirates would attack the ships and take their goods, and often hold crew for ransom. United States naval power attacked the fortified pirate cities and extracted concessions of fair passage from their rulers. -
Louisiana Purchase
a treaty signed with France in which he U.S. purchased for $15,000,000 the land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. -
Marbury vs. Madison
The Court declared unanimously that a certain law passed by Congressshould not be enforced, because the law was opposed to the Constitution. Marbury versus Madisonestablished the principle of “judicial review” — that the Supreme Court has the power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional. -
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
an expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the northwestern territories of the United States; led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark; traveled from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River -
Alexander Hamilton
His death by having a duel with Aaron Burr. -
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War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy, British support of American Indian tribes against American expansion, and over national honour after humiliations on the high seas.
