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Washington is inaugurated.
Washington states U.S. neutrality after the French Revolution begins in Paris. -
Benjamin Franklin dies in Philadelphia (1706). Samuel Slater's mill begins spinning cotton (Rhode Island)
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Benjamin Banneker writes Jefferson to apply to the Declaration's principles to enslave people. U.S. troops are defeated by the Miami Indians in Ohio after being sent by Washington to respond t the massacre of settlers at Big Bottom.
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Kentucky enters the Union as the 15th state' first state to grant universal manhood suffrage.
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Farmers in western Pennsylvania protest the excise tax on Whiskey, is put down by federal troops.
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Quasi War begins of 1798- 1800 when France attempts to bribe U.S. commissioners in Paris, sparking the building tension between the nations. Eli Whitney opens factory to build rifles for the U.S. government using his system of interchangeable parts.
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U.S. population totals to 5.3 million, including one million African Americans, of who, 900,000 are enslaved. A new land Act provided credit and low down payment for buying land in the Northwest Territory, Thus opening the area to greater settlement.
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Louisiana territory is purchased from France for 15 million nearly doubling the size of the U.S.
Ohio enters the Union as the 17th state, granting universal manhood suffrage. -
Embargo Act is passed by congress in response too British and French interference with U.S. trade. Jefferson orders British warships to leave U.S, waters after British attack the Chesapeake.
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U.S. population totals 7.2 million, including 1.4 million African Americans, of whom 1.2 million are enslaved; population west of Appalachian Mountains is 1 million.
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The U.S declares war on Great Britain over the issues of borders, trade,freedom of the seas, and the right of neutrals. In general, the war is supported by westerners and opposed by New Englanders.
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British attack and burn Washington, DC. U.S. wins Battle of Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor ( witness Francis Scott Key later writes" The star-spangled Banner").
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New England Federalists who opposed the war of 1812 consider secession but compromise at recommending constitutional amendments to protect state sovereignty. " OLD SOUTHWEST" ( Alabama & Mississippi territories) is opened to migration of America settlers aft the defeat of the Indians in Creek War.
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First protective tariff is passed by the congress. James Monroe and Daniel Tompkins are elected president and vice president ( Democratic-Republican).
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Andrew Jackson leads troops into Florida to fight the Seminoles. Connecticut abolishes property ownership as a requirement for voting.
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Supreme Court upholds right of federal government to charter a national bank.
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U.S. population totals 10 million, including 1.7 million African Americans.
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Missouri enters the Union as 24th state under the Missouri Compromise (slave state)
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Slave rebellion led by Denmark Vesey is crushed in Charleston, South Carolina.
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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.
