Nation of Nations 3/e Davidson, Gienapp, Heyrman, Lytle, and Stoff
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KEY EVENTS

1789 First session of Congress

Washington inaugurated president: new government under the Constitution begins

French Revolution begins: Americans hail movement for liberty in Europe

Judiciary Act passed: Supreme Court created

1790 Funding and assumption: national government strengthened and public credit restored

1791 Bank of the United States chartered: belief government should play an active role in the economy endorsed

First Ten Amendments (Bill of Rights) ratified: fundamental safeguards of liberty established

1792 Washington reelected

1793 Execution of Louis XVI: growing radicalism of French Revolution alienates some Americans

War breaks out between France and England

Washington issues Neutrality Proclamation: U.S. refuses to aid France in war with Britain

1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers: Miami Confederacy defeated and loses control over the Northwestern Territory

Whiskey Rebellion: western farmers resist whiskey tax

1795 Jay's Treaty ratified: U.S. tied to Britain economically

Treaty of Greenville signed: much of Ohio opened to white settlement

1796 Pinckney's Treaty ratified: right to navigate the Mississippi

First contested presidential election: Washington establishes precedent of serving only two terms

Adams defeats Jefferson: becomes second president

1798 XYZ affair: French government demands bribe

Alien and Sedition Acts passed: Federalists seek to cripple opposition party

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions: Madison and Jefferson protest Federalists' interference with civil liberties

1798-1799 Quasi-War with France: undeclared naval war

1800 Adams sends new mission to France: Federalist party divided

Jefferson defeats Adams: first national victory by an opposition party

1801 House elects Jefferson president

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