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U.S. Govt. under the constitution begins.
Washington is inaugurated. suggestions for addressing the president include "Excellency" and "Highness" -
First Census
U.S. population totals 3.9 million including app. 76000 African american most of which are enslaved. Benjamin Franklin dies in Philidelphia -
BILL OF RIGHTS IS RATIFIED
Becomes part of the Constitution. First bank of the United States is chartered for a twenty-year period.
Vermont enters the Union as the 14th state -
Presidential Election
Washington and Adams are re-elected as president and vice-president. -
Washington declares US Neutrality
Neutrality as war breaks out between France and Great Britain.
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin -
Whiskey Rebellion
Farmers protest the excise tax on whiskey. U.S. troops defeat the Shawnee Indians. -
Northwest Territory
is opened for settlement after Indian defeat at Fallen timbers. Spain allows the U.S. to navigation rights on the mississippi -
Presidential Election
John Adams defeats Thomas Jefferson for president -
Inauguration
John Adams is inaugurated as second president of the United States. -
Quasi War
France attempts to bribe U.S. commissioners in Paris, sparking the building tension between the nations. -
George Washington Dies
He dies in Virginia at age 67 Later that year Patrick Henry dies in Virginia at age 63 -
Second Census
U.S. population totals 5.3 million including 1 million African American Slaves. -
Barbary War Begins
Tripoli declares war on U.S. Jefferson sends U.S. ships to the Mediterranean Sea. -
Alien and Sedition
Act allows the expire by Congress -
Lousiana territory
is purchased from France for $15 million nearly doubling the size of the U.S. -
Presidential Election
Jefferson is re-elected president and George Clinton elected vice pres. -
Barbary War Ends
after us troops capture Darna.
Piracy by Barbary States continues until 1815 -
Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark expedition ends with return to St. Louis -
Ban on Slave Trade
ban passed by Congress, as required by the Constitution. Embargo Act is passed by Congress in response to British and French interference with U.S. trade -
Presidential Election
James Madison elected president and George Clinton re-elected vice president
