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April 30th 1789
George Washington
In New York City, George Washington gave his inauguration speech setting a tradition.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-washington-gives-first-presidential-inaugural-address

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1791
James Madison and Thomas Jefferson
Madison gave 17 amendments and of those 17, 12 were adopted. 10 of those known as the Bill of Rights were ratified in December.
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-day-the-constitution-was-ratified

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February 25th 1791
Alexander Hamilton, President Washington, Thomas Willing, David Rittenhouse, and Samuel Howell.
A new bank was proposed and passed by legislation. This bank was chartered for 20 years starting in december.
https://guides.loc.gov/this-month-in-business-history/february/first-bank-united-states-chartered#:~:text=The%20new%20bank%20was%20chartered,191%20(1791)).

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September 11th 1791
Western Pennsylvania
11 men dressed as women surrounded excise officer Robert Johnson when they decided to strip him then tar and feather him. This was the start and over the years tensions increased. Finally in 1794 Washington sends in the militia and the rebellion comes to an end.

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April 22nd 1793
George Washington
The French Revolution starts in 1778 and George Washington has to make one of its earliest and most difficult foreign policy and that is that America won't take a side in the war.
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America and The British
The British gave up the land of the Ohio River Valley, but they were still allowed to trade there. A lot of Americans were unhappy with this decision and wanted to completely remove the British from the area.
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October 27th 1795
Thomas Pinckney and Manuel de Godoy
This treaty gave US access to the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans for trade. This also gave navigation rights to the US.
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September 19th 1796
George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison
George Washington writes this to say farewell to the American people and to warn us about some things. He first warns us about political parties and how they will separate the people. The second thing is getting involved in foreign wars that we don't need to be in.
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John Adams (Federalist), Thomas Pinckney (Federalist), Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican), Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican)
This was the first election where Americans had to choose between two opposing parties. John Adams wins the election but the problem is the runner up is Vice President according to the constitution. This makes John Adams the POTUS and Thomas Jefferson the VP.

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1797-1798
America and France
French officials unnamed known by X, Y, & Z, asked the American delegation for a bribe in order to see the French foreign minister. This led to a lot of anti-French across America.
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July 7, 1798 – September 30, 1800
US and France
The US Navy is made and is authorized to start seizing French ships. War never officially started but these issues continued for 2 years.
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July 6th 1798
John Adams
In 1798 the alien acts changed the requirements for citizenship to be increased and allowed the President to deport any immigrant found undesirable. The sedition acts allowed people to be jailed for anyone trying to hinder the government and this was seen as violating the first amendment. This was seen to target the Democratic-Republican critics.
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November 11th 1798
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
As a result of these acts Virginia and Kentucky found these unconstitutional and replied with this resolution. They argued that states have the right to nullify or void any acts deemed unconstitutional. This demonstrated the ongoing debate of federal v. state.
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October 31st 1800-December 3rd 1800
Thomas Jefferson
This election is also known as the revolutionary election. Jefferson and Burr tied so the election goes to the House and Jefferson is elected. This shows a flaw and the 12th amendment is passed. This set a precedent of peaceful transition. This was the first Democratic-Republican in office.
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February 24th 1803
William Marbury and James Madison
Marbury claimed Madison didn't deliver the papers for his appointment as a federal judge which goes against the Judiciary Act of 1789. This declared the principle of judicial review stating that the Supreme Court had the right to deem an act of Congress unconstitutional.
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April 30th 1803
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson struggled to make this decision as he was strict on the constitution and nowhere in the did it say the president had the right to buy land but he decided to do it anyways. The US bought this land from the French for $15 million and the reason the French sold this was because they were in the middle of a war and needed as much money as possible.
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May 14th 1804-September 23rd 1806
Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Sacagawea
Jefferson told Lewis to explore lands west of the Mississippi River that made up the Louisiana Purchase. Lewis chose Clark as a co-leader. They went through harsh weather, rough terrain, diseases, and more but yet it was still a success. They met a man named Sacagawea along the way who was kidnapped at age 12 and they hoped to use him to communicate to any Shoshone they would run into.

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June 22nd 1807
British and American Navy
The British fired attacks on an American ship and killing 3 Americans while wounding others. This would lead to the Embargo act of 1807.
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December 22nd 1807
Thomas Jefferson and Europe
Because of the Chesapeake Incident the Americans tried to do something to hurt the British & other European powers so they put a ban on American exports to other countries. Instead of hurting the European powers it actually crashes the American economy. In 1809 this was lifted allowing trade with nations other than France and Great Britain.
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November 4th 1808-December 7th 1808
Charles Pinckney and James Madison
The election had Federalist Charles Pinckney v. Democratic-Republican James Madison and Madison wins it easily.
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June 18th 1812-February 18th 1815
U.S. and the British
This war also known as the 2nd War for Independence is a war that lasted nearly 3 years. This war was caused by British Impressment which meant they would seize American ships and force sailors into the British Military. The British also supported the Native Americans whom the Americans were not very fond of. The last cause was War Hawks which were a group of congressmen calling for war against the British. In the war the White House is burned down and after the war is ended with the Treaty of Ghent the U.S. gained respect of the French and British, increased national pride in America (Francis Scott Key writes the Star Spangled Banner at this time), and increased U.S. industrialization & manufacturing.
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August 24th 1814
British and America
In 1814 the British made a push on the eastern shore line and on August 24th the battle of Bladensburg occurred and the Americans took an embarrassing defeat. The British, still mad after the Americans burned the canadian capital York (Current day Toronto), decided to take revenge as they enter the city and start burning DC.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/burning-washington-dc

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December 24th 1814
U.S. and Great Britain
The U.S. and Great Britain decided to agree on peace with this treaty. The only issue with this is the issues of impressment and trade rights still have not been addressed. This treaty was signed and one more battle came along 15 days later.
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January 8th 1815
Andrew Jackson U.S. and the British
Even after the Treaty of Ghent was signed for peace one more battle followed 15 days later. This would be the last battle of the war and would only last one day. Andrew Jackson leads his troops to a win over the British and becomes a national war hero.
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November 1st 1816-December 4th 1816
James Monroe and Rufus King
In the election of 1816 Democratic-Republican candidate James Monroe defeated Federalist candidate Rufus King in a landslide and as this was the 3rd straight showing of a Democratic-Republican and the Federalist had almost no support King would be the last Federalist to run as the party came to a stop the next year.
https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1816

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December 2nd 1823
James Monroe and John Q. Adams
The monroe doctrine was a message to europe to not mass with any conflicts in the western hemisphere. It wasn't in action until 1865.
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/monroe-doctrine