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Signed by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.The national government was weak and states operated like independent countries.
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Articles 3 to 12 are ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures.The first 10 amendments of the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights.
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The United States presidential election of 1792 was the second quadrennial presidential election.Incumbent President George Washington was elected to a second term.
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The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest in the United States during the presidency of George Washington. It was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government.
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It was a series of laws that were passed by the Federalist Congress.These laws included new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote.
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It was the fourth quadrennial presidential election.Vice President Thomas Jefferson defeated President John Adams.
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Tripoli declares war on U.S. and Jefferson sends U.S. ships to the Mediterranean sea. The 25th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is celebrated.
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It begins in St. Louis, and Ohio enters the union as the 17th state. Samuel Adams dies in Boston at age 81
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They Capture Darna and the war ended. Lewis and Clark expedition reaches the Pacific Ocean.
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The act abolished the slave trade in the British Empire, in particular the Atlantic slave trade, and also encouraged British action to press other European states to abolish their slave trades. Cotton is the leading U.S. export.
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It was a military conflict fought between the United States of America and the United Kingdom. The war was supported by westerners and was opposed by New Englanders.
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It was a regional war between opposing Creek factions, European empires, and the United States. It was also known as the Red Stick War.
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The War of 1812 ended in a stalemate.It did not address the issue of impressment, one of the major causes of the war.
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It was opened to migration of Americans settlers. First protective tariff is passed by congress.
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Madison's Secretary of State, James Monroe, had an advantage in winning the nomination against a divided opposition.came at the end of the two-term presidency of Democratic-Republican James Madison.
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It was also known as the Florida War. They were three conflicts in Florida between the Seminole.
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It was an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states.Missouri became a slave state and Maine as a free state.
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U.S. population consisted of 1.5 million that are enslaved.West of Appalachian Mts. is 2.2 million.
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It was the third and last United States presidential election in which a candidate ran effectively unopposed.The failing Federalist Party did participate in the election of 1820 by fielding a serious vice-presidential candidate
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Europe is warned not to interfere in Western Hemisphere affairs.Cotton mills begin production in Lowell.
