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Timeline of United States history (1790–1819)

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Timeline of United States history (1790–1819)

This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1790 to 1819.

Contents

1790's

  • 1790 - Rhode Island ratifies the Constitution and becomes 13th state
  • 1791 - Bill of Rights ratified (see ratification timeline)
  • 1791 - First Bank of the United States chartered
  • 1791 - Vermont, formerly the independent Vermont Republic, becomes the 14th state
  • 1792 - Kentucky, formerly Kentucky County, Virginia, becomes the 15th state
  • 1792 - U.S. presidential election, 1792: George Washington reelected president, John Adams vice president
  • 1793 - Eli Whitney invents cotton gin
  • 1793 - Yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia
  • 1793 - Fugitive Slave Act passed
  • 1793 - Chisholm v. Georgia (2 US 419 1793) paves way for passage of 11th Amendment
  • 1794 - Whiskey Rebellion
  • 1794 - Battle of Fallen Timbers
  • 1795 - Treaty of Greenville
  • 1795 - Jay's Treaty
  • 1795 - 11th Amendment ratified
  • 1796 - Tennessee, formerly part of North Carolina, becomes the 16th state
  • 1796 - Pinckney's Treaty
  • 1796 - Treaty of Tripoli
  • 1796 - U.S. presidential election, 1796: John Adams is elected president, Thomas Jefferson vice president
  • 1797 - John Adams inaugurated
  • 1797 - XYZ Affair
  • 1798 - Alien and Sedition Acts
  • 1798 - Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
  • 1798 - Charles Brockden Brown's novel Wieland published
  • 1799 - Charles Brockden Brown's novel Edgar Huntly published
  • 1799 - Fries's Rebellion
  • 1799 - Logan Act
  • 1799 - George Washington dies

    • 1800s

  • 1800 - Library of Congress founded
  • 1800 - U.S. presidential election, 1800: Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tie in the Electoral College.
  • 1801 - Thomas Jefferson elected president by the House of Representatives and inaugurated; Burr becomes vice president
  • 1801 - President Adams appoints John Marshall Chief Justice
  • 1803 - Marbury v. Madison (5 US 137 1803) allows Supreme Court to invalidate law passed by the United States Congress for first time: the Judiciary Act of 1789
  • 1803 - Louisiana Purchase
  • 1803 - Ohio, formerly part of Connecticut, becomes the 17th state
  • 1804 - 12th Amendment ratified
  • 1804 - New Jersey abolishes slavery
  • 1804 - Burr–Hamilton duel (Alexander Hamilton dies)
  • 1804 - Lewis and Clark set out
  • 1804 - U.S. presidential election, 1804: Thomas Jefferson reelected president; George Clinton elected vice president
  • 1807 - Embargo Act of 1807
  • 1807 - Robert Fulton invents steamboat
  • 1808 - U.S. slave trade with Africa ends
  • 1808 - U.S. presidential election, 1808: James Madison elected president, George Clinton continues as vice president
  • 1809 - James Madison inaugurated
  • 1809 - Non-Intercourse Act (March 1)

    • 1810s

  • 1810 - Fletcher v. Peck (10 US 87 1810) marks first time U.S. Supreme Court invalidates a state legislative act
  • 1811 - First Bank of the United States charter expires
  • 1812 - War of 1812, an offshoot of the Napoleonic Wars, begins
  • 1812 - Daniel Webster elected to the United States Congress
  • 1812 - Louisiana becomes the 18th state
  • 1812 - U.S. presidential election, 1812: James Madison reelected president; Elbridge Gerry elected vice president
  • 1814 - British troops burn Washington, D.C. but are forced back at Baltimore
  • 1814 - Treaty of Ghent settles War of 1812
  • 1815 - Battle of New Orleans
  • 1816 - Indiana becomes the 19th state
  • 1816 - Second Bank of the United States chartered
  • 1816 - U.S. presidential election, 1816: James Monroe elected president, Daniel D. Tompkins vice president
  • 1817 - James Monroe inaugurated
  • 1817 - Rush–Bagot Treaty
  • 1817 - Harvard Law School founded
  • 1817 - Mississippi becomes the 20th state
  • 1818 - Cumberland Road opened
  • 1818 - Illinois becomes the 21st state
  • 1818 - Jackson Purchase in Kentucky
  • 1819 - Panic of 1819
  • 1819 - Adams-Onís Treaty, including acquisition of Florida
  • 1819 - McCulloch v. Maryland (17 US 316 1819) prohibits state laws from infringing upon federal constitutional authority
  • 1819 - Dartmouth College v. Woodward (17 US 518 1819) protects principle of honoring contracts and charters
  • 1819 - Alabama becomes the 22nd state in the U.S.

    • References

    Timeline of United States history (1790–1819) Wikipedia
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