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Timeline
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1777
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Congress signs Articles of Confederation
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1781
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The last state ratifies Articles of
Confederation
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1786
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Shays' Rebellion
Annapolis Convention
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1787
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Congress passes the Northwest Ordinance
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Constitutional Convention
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1789
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The last (ninth) state ratifies the
Constitution
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Washington elected president by unanimous
vote of electoral college
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Congress passes the Judiciary Act
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Congress passes the Bill of Rights
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1791
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The states ratify the Bill of Rights
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Hamilton
presents his financial plan to Congress
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Congress
creates First Bank of the United States
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Washington elected to a second term
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1793
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Washington's
Neutrality Proclamation
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Jay's Treaty
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1795
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Whiskey
Rebellion
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1795
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Pinckney's
Treaty
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1796
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Washington's Farewell Address
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John Adams elected president, Thomas
Jefferson vice-president
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1798
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XYZ Affair
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1799
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Congress passes Naturallization, Alien, and
Sedition acts
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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
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1800
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America and France end their alliance
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Jefferson and Burr tie in Election of 1800 |
1801
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House of Representatives chooses Jefferson
as third president
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Lame-duck Congress passses Judiciary Act of
1801
John Marshall becomes chief justice of Supreme Court
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Jefferson inaugurated as third president
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1802
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Napoleon invades Santo Domingo
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1803
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U. S. makes Louisiana Purchase
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Marbury v.
Madison
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1804-1806
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
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1804
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Burr kills Hamilton in a duel
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Jefferson wins re-election (without Burr as
vp)
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Napoleon
becomes Emperor of France
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1805
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Battles of Trafalger (Oct. 15) and
Austerlitz (Dec. 2)
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1806
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Napoleon issues Berlin Decree (Sep.) and
Britain issues Orders in Council
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1807
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Aaron Burr acquitted of conspiracy to
commit treason
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Chesapeake
affair
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1808
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Embargo Act of 1808 goes into effect
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James Madison elected president
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1809
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Congress passes the Non-Intercourse Act
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1810
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"War Hawks" elected to Congress
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Congress passes Macon's Bill No. 2
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1811
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Battle of Tippecanoe Creek
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1812
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Congress passes Madison's war bill
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U. S. invasion of Canada turned back; Constution and United States win victories at sea
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1813
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Battle of Lake Erie
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Battle of Thames River
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1814
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Napoleon abdicates
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British invade, burn Washington
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British
lose Battle of Ft. McHenry
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Battle of
Horseshoe Band
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Battle of
Plattsburgh (Sep. 11)
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Treaty of Ghent (Dec. 24)
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Hartford Convention meets (Dec. 1814--Jan.
5, 1815)
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1815
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Battle of New Orleans (January 8)
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