Ereignisse
New Yorkers release
indentured servents
(1784)Virginia Statute for
Religious Freedom
passed (1786)Philly Quakers found
1st anti-slavery society
(1775)Continental Congress
calls for complete
abolition of slave trade
(1774)Continental Congress
asks states to draft own
Consitutions (1776)Virg. Legis makes own
treaty of alliance w/
France (1778)Articles of Confederation
adopted by Congress
(1777)All 13 states ratify
Articles of Confederation
(1781)NW Ordinance of
1787 passed (1787)Land Ordinance of
1785 passed (1785)Society of Cincinnati
est. (1783)Spain threatens
W w/ strangulation
(1784)Shay's Rebellion
(1786)Articles of Confederation
Meeting in Annapolis
(1786)Constitutional Convention
in Philly (1787)Bill of Rights added
to Constitution (Dec. 1791)1st US census-
4 mill ppl
(1790)Vermont added
as 14th state
(Mar. 1791)North Carolina
ratifies Const
(Nov 21 1789)Rhode Island ratifies
Constitution
(May 29, 1790)NJ temporarily lets
women vote
(1776)Mass adopts 1st Const
drafted in convention +
ratified in popular vote
(1780)G. Wash gets sworn
in (Apr 30 1789)Judiciary Act of 1789 (Sept)Bank of US created
(Feb 1791)Wash reelected (1792)King Louis XVI beheaded,
Reign of Terror starts
(Jan 1793)France declares war on Brit/Spain
(1793)Neutrality Proclamation
issued (Apr. 1793)Citizen Genet Affair
(1793)Whiskey Rebellion
(July/Aug 1794)Battle of Fallen
Timbers (Aug. 1794)Jay's Treaty (Nov. 1794)Treaty of Greenville
(Aug. 1795)Pinckney's Treaty (Oct. 1795)Wash's Farewell
Address (Sept 1796)Adams becomes
President (1797)XYZ Affair
(Mar 1797)Alien/Sedition
Acts Passed (July 1798)Convention of 1800
(Sept)Assumption
(Aug. 1790)First tariff law passed
(July 1789)Excise tax passed
(Jan 1791)France declares
war on Austria (Apr 1792)Little Turtle defeats US armies
led by Gen. Josiah Harmar
& Arthur St. Clair (Oct. 1790)A. Ham resigns from
being Sec. of Treasury
(Jan 1795)T. Jeff inaugurated
(Mar 1801)Revolution of 1800T. Jeff enacts Naturalization
Law of 1802 (Apr)Judiciary Act
of 1801 (Feb)Marbury v Madison
case (Feb 1803)Samuel Chase
charged w/
impeachment
(Mar 1804)Louisiana Purchase
(Aug. 1803)Burr kills Ham
(July 1804)Burr sets up to meet
Wilkinson's army
(autumn 1806)Jefferson reelected
(Dec 1804)Battle of Trafalgar
(Oct. 1805)Battle of Austerlitz
(Dec. 1805)Peace Treaty
w/ Tripoli (June 1805)Brit Orders in
Council passed
(1807)Chesapeake affair
(Jun 1807)Embargo Act
(Dec. 1807)Election of 1808
(Dec)Non-intercourse Act
(Mar 1809)J. Mad inaugurated
into office (Mar. 1809)Macons Bill No. 2 passed
(May 1810)Napoleon falsely
announces repeal
of blockade decrees
(1810)Madison reest.
nonimportation
against Brit
(1810)Battle of Tippecanoe
(Nov 1811)Congress Declares war
on Brit (June 1812)Perioden
French Revolutionhostilities btwn US/France
in W. Indies, but not a warKentucky/Virginia Resolutions
passed (1798-1799)Lewis & Clark
stay w/ Mandan indians
for winterLewis and Clark
expeditionPike explores America
(1805-1807)Haitian RevolutionTripolitan WarsBritish ships impress US merchants
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