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Washington was inaugurated. Washington sates U.S. neutrality after the French Revolution begins in Paris.
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U.S. Population totals 3.9 million, including app. 760,000 African Americans, of whom 700,000 are enslaved.
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The Bill of Rights is Ratified and Becomes part of the Constitution. Benjamin Banneker writes Jefferson to apply the Declaration's Principles to enslaved people.
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Kentucky enters the Union as the 5th state; first state to grant universal manhood suffrage Presidential Election. Washington and Adams are re-elected president and vice-pres.
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Britain agrees to withdraw from the Northwest territory, and the U.S. agrees to pay Pre-Revolution debts. U.S. troops defeat the Shawnee Indians (Battle of Fallen Timbers) near the Ohio River.
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Spain allows the U.S. navigation rights on the Mississippi river, and the 31st parallel is set as the border between the U.S. and the Spanish empire. Northwest territory is opened for settlement after Indian defeat at fallen Timbers.
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Tennessee enters the Union as the 16th state , granting universal manhood suffrage. John Adams (Federalist) defeats Thomas Jefferson(Republican) leaves the presidency after two terms and delivers his Farewell Address.
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John Adams is inaugurated as second president of the United States.
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"Quasi war" of 1798-1800 began when France attempts to bribe U.S. commissioners in Paris, sparking the building tension between the nations.
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George Washington dies in Virginia at age 67(born 1732). Weems's The Life and Memorable Action =s of George Washington, including the cherry-tree myth, in published the next year.
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U.S. population totals 5.3 million, including one million African Americans, of whom 900,000 are enslaved. Free African Americans petition Congress to repeal the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793..
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the Jefferson-Burr tie forces the electioon into the Hoes of Representatives (since candidates were nominated separately for president and vice-president); Jefferson's elected in 36 ballots as third president of the U.S.
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Alien and Sedition Acts are allowed to expire by Congress.
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Alexander Hamilton killed by Vice President Aaron Burr is a duel. Jefferson is re-elected president and George Clinton elected vice pres.
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Barbary War Ends after U.S. troops capture Darna. Piracy by Barbary States continues until 1815. Lewis and Clark expedition reaches the Pacific Ocean.
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Ban on Slave Trade(importation) is passed by Congress, as requited by the Constitution. Embargo Act is passed by Congress in response to British and French interference with U.S. trade.
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James Madsion elected president and George Clintion re-elected Vice President (Democratic-Republican)
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U.S. population toals 7.2 million, insclude 1.4 million African Americans, of whom 1.2 million are enslaved; population west of illions, in 1840
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Madison is re-elected president and Elbridge Gerry elected vice president (Democratic-Republican). Napoleon unsuccessfully invades Russia.
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Begins as U.S. declares war on great Britain over issues of borders, trade, ffreedom of the seas, and the rights of neutrals.
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With singing of Treaty of Ghent
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With defeat by U.S. troops in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend ( Alabama)
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James monroe and Daniel Tompkins are elected presdident and vice president ( Democractic- Republican)
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First Seminole war begins with attacks on settlers in Florida & Georgia. New York stock Exchange is established.
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Suppreme Court upholds right of federal goverment to charter a national back, thus affirming its "implied powers" beynod those stated in the Constitution.
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U.S. population totals 10 million, including 1.7 million African Americans, of whom 1.5 are enslaved.
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Monroe & Tompkins are re-elected president & vice president.
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Europe is warned not to interfere in western Hemisphere affairs. Cotton mills begin production in Lowell, Massachusetts, with water-powered machinery.
