The Early Republic Timeline
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- 1814
- Treaty of Ghent ends the War of 1812
- 1794
- Pennsylvania farmers rebel against tax on Whiskey
- 1798
- Alien and Sedition Acts says that president can expel any foreigner thought to be dangerous
- 1790
- Congress votes to repay state debts
- 1801
- Thomas Jefferson becomes third president
- 1804
- Lewis and Clark begin their expedition to survey the Louisiana territory
- 1789
- Congress passes the Judiciary Act; Supreme Court has one chief justice and 5 justices
- 1812
- President Madison asks congress to declare war on Britain
- 1803
- The U.S. buys Louisiana from France
- 1798
- The X,Y,Z Affair sparks American pro-war feelings against France because they were seizing our ships
- 1817
- Workers begin digging the Erie Canal
- 1789
- George Washington is inaugerated as the first president
- 1807
- Jefferson and congress impose an embargo on foreign trade
- 1793
- Jay's Treaty; British pays for seized American ships, Americans pay their debts to Britain
- 1811
- Battle of Teppecanoe is an example of violence between U.S. and Native Americans
- 1797
- John Adams becomes the second president
- 1791
- Congress creates the Bank of the United States
- 1803
- Marbury vs. Madison gives the Supreme Court the power of judicial review