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U.S. population totals 3.9 million, including app 760,000 African Americans, whom 700,000 are enslaved
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U.S. population totals 3.9million, including app. 760,000 African Americans, of whom 700,000are enslaved
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and becomes part of the constitution, First Bank of the United States is chartered for a twenty year period
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(importation of slaves) is passed by Congress, as required by the Constitution.
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after U.S. troops capture darna. Piracy by Barbary states continues until 1815.
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Jefferson is re-elected president and George Clinton elected vice pres.(Dem-Rep).
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Tripoli declares war on us U.S. ;Jefferson sends U.S. ships to the Mediteranean Sea.
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begins as U.S. declares war on Great Britain over issues of borders, trade, freedom of the seas, and the rights of neutrals. In general, the war is supported by Westerners and opposed by New Englanders. Indians under Tecumseh fight on the side of the British.
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With defeat by U.S. troops in the battle of Horses
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James Monroe and Daniel Tompikins are elected president and vice president (Democratic-Republican).
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Eruope is warned not to interfere in Western Hemisphere affairs. Cotton mills begin production in Lowell, Massachusetts, with water powered machinery.
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begins with attacks on settlers in Florida & Georgia.
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U.S. population totals 10 million, including 1.7million African Americans, of whom 1.5 million are enslaved
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John Adams (federalist) defeats Thomas Jefferson (Republican) for president (Jefferson becomes vice-president).
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Supreme Court upholds right of Federal government to charter an national bank, thus affirming its "implied powers" beyond those in the Constitution
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In which farmers in western Pennsylvania protest the excise tax on whiskey, is put down by federal troops.
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U.S. population totals 5.3 million, including one million African Americans, of whom 900,000 are enslaved
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of 1798-1800 begins when France attempts to bribe U.S. commissioners in Paris, sparking the building tension between the nations