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Washington became the 1st President of the United States
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The judiciary act put the federal court systems into place.
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The French decided to overthrow their king, King Louis XVI, to create a new form of government.
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Instead of paying the debt as states, he wanted to pay them as a nation by imposing taxes on the states.
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Tax on whiskey.
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Washington sent General Arthur St. Clair to the Northwest territory to stop fighting between American settlers and Native Americans.
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Farmers in Pennsylvania protested a new tax on the grain to make whiskey. This resulted in Washington sending 13,000 state troops to crush the rebellion. (Hamilton agreed, Jefferson disagreed)
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The tax on whiskey was lowered.
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The first ten amendments made to the constitution. The Anti-Federalists refused to sign the Constitution without it.
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George Washington was re-elected for a second term.
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Prohibited Americans from fighting in the war.
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The British declared war on the French.
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The British agreed to withdraw from American soil. There was no mention of impressment or British interference with American trade.
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The British encouraged the Native Americans to destroy American settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Gave the Americans free navigation of the Mississippi River and the right to trade at New Orleans.
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Native American leaders agreed to surrender most of the land in what is now Ohio.
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Washington's final speech before stepping down from office.
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A diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi-War. U.S.
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These laws included new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote.