Timeline of United States history (1790-1819)
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This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1790 to 1819.
[edit] 1790s
- 1790 - Rhode Island ratifies the constitution
- 1791 - Bill of Rights ratified
- 1791 - First Bank of the United States chartered
- 1791 - Vermont, formerly part of New York, becomes the 14th state
- 1792 - Kentucky, formerly part of Virginia, becomes the 15th state
- 1793 - Eli Whitney invents cotton gin
- 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 Treaty
- 1795 - 11th Amendment
- 1796 - Tennessee, formerly part of North Carolina, becomes a state
- 1796 - Pinckney's Treaty
- 1796 - Treaty with Tripoli
- 1797 - John Adams (Federalist) inaugurated, Jefferson (Republican) Vice-President
- 1797 - XYZ Affair
- 1798 - Alien and Sedition Acts
- 1798 - Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
- 1799 - George Washington dies
- 1799 - Fries Uprising
- 1799 - Logan Act
[edit] 1800s
- 1800 - Library of Congress founded
- 1801 - Thomas Jefferson becomes President
- 1803 - Marbury v. Madison 5 US 137 1803 allows U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate law passed by Congress for first time, the Judiciary Act of 1789
- 1803 - Louisiana Purchase Treaty
- 1803 - Ohio becomes a state
- 1804 - 12th Amendment
- 1804 - New Jersey abolishes slavery
- 1804 - Aaron Burr/Alexander Hamilton duel
- 1804 - Lewis and Clark set out
- 1807 - Embargo Act- Prohibiting Importation of Slaves
- 1807 - Robert Fulton invents steamboat
- 1808 - U.S. slave trade with Africa ends
- 1809 - James Madison becomes President
- 1809 - Non-Intercourse Act
[edit] 1810s
- 1810 - Fletcher v. Peck 10 US 87 1810 marks first time U.S. Supreme Court invalidates state legislative act
- 1811 - First Bank of the United States expires
- 1812 - War of 1812 begins
- 1812 - Daniel Webster elected to Congress
- 1812 - Louisiana becomes a state
- 1814 - Treaty of Ghent settles War of 1812
- 1816 - Second Bank of the United States chartered
- 1817 - James Monroe becomes President
- 1817 - Rush-Bagot Treaty
- 1817 - Harvard Law School founded
- 1817 - Mississippi becomes a state
- 1818 - Cumberland Road opened
- 1818 - Illinois becomes a state
- 1818 - Jackson Purchase in Kentucky
- 1819 - Panic of 1819
- 1819 - Adams-Onis 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 a state
