Timeline of United States history (1790–1819) facts for kids

U.S. territorial extent in 1790

This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1790 to 1819.

1790s

Presidency of George Washington

• 1790 – Rhode Island ratifies the Constitution and becomes 13th state
• 1791 – The Bill of Rights, comprising the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is adopted.
• 1791 – First Bank of the United States chartered
• 1791 – Vermont becomes the 14th state (formerly the independent Vermont Republic)
• 1792 – Kentucky becomes the 15th state (formerly Kentucky County, Virginia)
• 1792 – U.S. presidential election, 1792: George Washington reelected president, John Adams reelected vice president
• 1793 – Eli Whitney invents cotton gin
• March 4, 1793 – President Washington and Vice President Adams begin second terms
• 1793 – Yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia
• 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's Treaty
• 1795 – 11th Amendment "ratified by 12 of the then 15 states"
• 1795 – Pinckney's Treaty (also called Treaty of San Lorenzo)
• 1796 – Tennessee becomes the 16th state (formerly part of North Carolina)
• 1796 – Treaty of Tripoli
• 1796 – U.S. presidential election, 1796: John Adams is elected president, Thomas Jefferson vice president

Presidency of John Adams

• 1797 – John Adams becomes the second President (until 1801); in Philadelphia; Thomas Jefferson becomes Vice President
• 1798 – Alien and Sedition Acts
• 1798 – the Quasi-War starts
• 1798 and 1799 – Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
• 1798 – Charles Brockden Brown's novel Wieland published
• 1799 – Charles Brockden Brown's novel Edgar Huntly published
• 1799 – Fries's Rebellion
• 1799 – Logan Act
• 1799 – George Washington dies

1800s

Louisiana Purchase

• 1800 – Library of Congress founded
• 1800 – Convention of 1800 ends the Quasi-War
• 1800 – U.S. presidential election, 1800: Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tie in the Electoral College.
• 1801 – Thomas Jefferson elected president by the House of Representatives; Aaron Burr elected vice president.
• 1801 – President Adams appoints John Marshall Chief Justice

Presidency of Thomas Jefferson

• 1801 – Thomas Jefferson becomes the third President; Aaron Burr becomes Vice President
• 1803 – Marbury v. Madison (5 US 137 1803) allows Supreme Court to invalidate law passed by the United States Congress for first time: the Judiciary Act of 1789
• 1803 – Louisiana Purchase
• 1803 – Ohio, formerly part of Connecticut, becomes the 17th state
• 1804 – 12th Amendment ratified
• 1804 – New Jersey abolishes slavery
• 1804 – Burr-Hamilton duel (Alexander Hamilton dies)
• 1804 – Lewis and Clark set out
• 1804 – U.S. presidential election, 1804: Thomas Jefferson reelected president; George Clinton elected vice president
• 1805 – President Jefferson begins second term; George Clinton becomes Vice President
• 1807 – Embargo Act of 1807
• 1807 – Robert Fulton invents steamboat
• 1807 – U.S. slave trade with Africa ends
• 1808 – U.S. presidential election, 1808: James Madison elected president, George Clinton reelected vice president

Presidency of James Madison

• 1809 – James Madison becomes the fourth President; Vice President Clinton begins second term
• 1809 – Non-Intercourse Act (March 1)

1810s

During the War of 1812, British troops burn Washington, D.C.

• 1810 – Fletcher v. Peck (10 US 87 1810) marks first time U.S. Supreme Court invalidates a state legislative act
• 1811 – First Bank of the United States charter expires
• 1812 – Vice President Clinton dies
• 1812 – War of 1812, an offshoot of the Napoleonic Wars, begins
• 1812 – Daniel Webster elected to the United States Congress
• 1812 – Louisiana becomes the 18th state
• 1812 – U.S. presidential election, 1812: James Madison reelected president; Elbridge Gerry elected vice president
• 1813 – President Madison begins second term; Elbridge Gerry becomes Vice President
• 1813-1814 - Creek War
• 1814 – British troops burn Washington, D.C. but are forced back at Baltimore
• 1814 – Vice President Gerry dies
• 1814 – Treaty of Ghent settles War of 1812
• 1815 – Battle of New Orleans
• 1816 – Indiana becomes the 19th state
• 1816 – Second Bank of the United States chartered
• 1816 – U.S. presidential election, 1816: James Monroe elected president, Daniel D. Tompkins vice president

Presidency of James Monroe

• 1817 – James Monroe becomes the fifth President; Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice President
• 1817 – Rush-Bagot Treaty
• 1817 – Harvard Law School founded
• 1817 – Mississippi becomes the 20th state
• 1818 – Cumberland Road opened
• 1818 – Illinois becomes the 21st state
• 1818 – Jackson Purchase in Kentucky
• 1819 – Panic of 1819
• 1819 – Adams-Onís 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 the 22nd state in the U.S.

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Cronología de la historia de los Estados Unidos (1790-1819) para niños