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Founding the republic: the Constitution, early laws, and the first presidencies.

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1787Northwest Ordinance 1787The Constitution 1789George Washington's Inaugural Address 1790Report On Public Credit 1790Judiciary Act 1791Report On Manufactures 1793Cotton Gin 1793Proclamation Of Neutrality 1793Whiskey Rebellion 1793George Washington's Second Inaugural Address 1796Jay's Treaty 1796Washington's Farewell 1796John Adams' Inaugural Address 1798Alien and Sedition Act 1798Kentucky Resolution 1798Naturalization Act 1798Sedition Act 1798Virginia Resolutions 1800Beginnings of the City of Washington 1801Thomas Jefferson's Inaugural Address 1803How Napoleon Sold The Louisiana Territory 1803Treaty with France On Cessation of the Louisiana Territory 1805War With Tripoli 1805Thomas Jefferson's Second Inaugural Address 1807Embargo Act 1807Fulton's Account of the First Steam Trip to Albany 1809Non-Intercourse Act 1809James Madison's Inaugural Address 1810Fletcher vs. Peck 1812Declaration of War 1812James Madison's War Message to Congress 1812Battle Between the "Constitution" and the "Guerrie" 1812Origins of the War of 1812 1813James Madison's Second Inaugural Address 1814Battles of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane 1814Burning of Washington 1814Treaty of Ghent 1814Star Spangled Banner 1815Hartford Convention 1816Act For the National Bank 1817The First Seminole 1817James Monroe's Inaugural Address 1818Rush - Bagot Agreement 1819McCulloch vs. Maryland 1819Dartmouth College vs. Woodward 1790Locating the Nation's Capital

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