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Events relating to america
The Potomac is chosen as the navigable river on which the new US capital city will be sited
The USA becomes the first nation to establish a regular census as a systematic check on the size of the population
Under the guidance of Alexander Hamilton the First Bank of the United States is established in Philadelphia
The Canadian Constitution Act divides Quebec into Upper Canada (today's Ontario) and Lower Canada (today's Quebec)
An Indian raid on an American military camp beside the Maumee river leaves more than 600 US soldiers dead
Naval officer George Vancouver sails from Britain on the voyage which will bring him to the northwest coast of America
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, are ratified by the states
George Washington is unanimously elected for a second term as president of the USA
The Brazilian rebel Tiradentes is beheaded in public in Rio de Janeiro as a warning to would-be revolutionaries
Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific coast of Canada, becoming the first known person to cross the north American continent
The first political parties, Hamilton's Federalists and Jefferson's Republicans, emerge in the USA
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin, enormously speeding up the process of separating cotton fibres from the seeds
George Washington lays the cornerstone for the Congress building on Capitol Hill
The US Congress passes Fugitive Slave Laws, enabling southern slave owners to reclaim escaped slaves in northern states
Toussaint L'Ouverture, a former slave, joins a Spanish force invading the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti)
The treaty agreed by US envoy John Jay restores some degree of friendship between the USA and Britain
George Washington uses military force to assert government authority on rebels in Pennsylvania refusing to pay a federal tax on whisky
Two extra stars are added to the American flag for Vermont and Kentucky, two new states that have joined since the original union of thirteen
Indian tribes, at peace talks in Fort Greenville, cede much of Ohio to the USA
After the Fort Greenville concessions, the Shawnee leader Tecumseh emerges as a champion of Indian territorial rights
A treaty negotiated by US minister Thomas Pinckney provides a temporary resolution of disputes between Spain and the USA
US author Joel Barlow publishes his mock-heroic poem The Hasty Pudding, inspired by a dish eaten in 1793 in France
George Washington selects the Cherokee Indians for an experiment in adaptation to 'civilization'
George Washington, resisting pressure for him to accept a third presidential term, delivers a farewell address to guide the nation's future
The election in the USA brings in a Federalist president (John Adams) and a Republican vice-president (Thomas Jefferson)
