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- Constitution formally put into effect
- Judiciary Act of 1789
- Washington elected for president
- French Revolution begins
- Declaration of the Rights of Man (France)
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First offical census
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- Bill of Rights adopted
- Vermont becomes 14th state
- Bank of United States created
- Excise tax passed
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Washington reelected president
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Federalist and Democratic-Republican parties formed
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- Louis XVI beheaded; racial phase of French Revolution
- French declares war on Britain and Spain
- Washington's Neutrality Proclamation
- Citizen Genet affair
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- Whiskey's Rebellion
- Battle of Fallen Timbers
- Jay's Treaty with Britain
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- Treaty of Greenville: Indians cede Ohio
- Pinckney's Treaty with Spain
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Washington's Fairwell Address
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- Adams becomes president
- XYZ Affair
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Alien and Sedition Acts
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Virginia and Kentucky resolutions
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Undeclared war with France
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Covention of 1800: peace with France
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Judiciary Act of 1801 repealed
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Louisiana Purchase
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Jefferson reelected president
Impreachment of Justice Chase -
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Battle of Trafalgar
Battle Austerlitz -
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Embargo Act
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Napoleon announces (falsely) repeal of blockade decrees
Madison reestablishes nonimportation against Britian -
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