History of America 1782-1800 (Members Only)

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History of America 1782-1800

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Our digital history of America 1782-1800 begins with the Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783. This formally ended the Revolutionary War and established the independence of the United States. In consequence, the United States acquired most of British territory east of the Mississippi River and south of the Great Lakes, while the British kept northern Canada and Spain took Florida.

Tensions over the lingering British presence in its former territories, British impressment of American sailors, and fishing rights led to the War of 1812. This was fought with no real conclusion. The Constitutional Convention of 1787 wrote the United States Constitution, which was ratified in state conventions only after extensive and acrimonious debate. The constitution created a federal government with three branches (executive, judiciary, and legislative) and built-in checks and balances. George Washington was elected the new nation’s first president. A Bill of Rights, comprised of the first ten constitutional amendments and guaranteeing the fundamental civil rights that had motivated the revolution, was adopted in 1791.

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Index

1782-1800 Index | Governance: Articles of Confederation • Constitutional Convention • Anti-Federalists • Bill of Rights • Constitution: Constitutional Debate: New York | Ratification | New Consciousness | Political Parties | Rebellion: Ohio Country • Whiskey Rebellion • Shays’ Rebellion | State Republican Governments | Reform | George Washington: Governance | Alexander Hamilton: Bank of the United States | John Adams: Governance • Foreign Affairs

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1782-1800: Power

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Governance

A historic document titled Articles of Union, dated 1706, describing the unification agreement between England and Scotland. The text is printed in old English font on yellowed paper.

Articles of Confederation

A historic painting of the Founding Fathers signing the U.S. Constitution in a grand hall, with George Washington standing and many men gathered around, some seated and some standing, engaged in discussion.

Constitutional Convention

A historical document titled Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of North-Carolina, detailing the states constitutional convention and deliberations from July 21, 1788, with emphasis on the U.S. Constitution.

Anti-Federalists

Aged, historical parchment with handwritten text; this is the original Bill of Rights, featuring faded ink and weathered edges, showing the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.

Bill of Rights

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A photograph of the original United States Constitution, featuring handwritten text on aged parchment. The words We the People are prominently written at the top of the document.

The Constitution

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Constitutional Debate

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Constitutional Debate: New York

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Ratification

An illustration shows thirteen columns labeled with the original U.S. colonies below the phrase “United, We Stand—Divided, We Fall,” with a red, white, and blue arch connecting the columns.

Ratification: States

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New Consciousness

Black-and-white historical illustration showing men in a courtroom. Two men in the foreground are fighting with sticks while others react; a judge sits elevated behind a bench, observing the chaos.

Political Parties

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Colonial-era men gather as two men struggle fiercely near a stream, with one man pinning the other to the ground while others look on, some appearing alarmed or agitated in a small village setting.

Rebellion

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Rebellion: Ohio Country

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Rebellion: Whiskey Rebellion

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Rebellion: Shays’ Rebellion

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State Republican Governments

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Reform

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George Washington

A black-and-white illustration of George Washington on horseback entering Trenton, greeted by cheering men, women, and girls with flowers. A banner overhead reads, “The Defender of the Mothers, the Protector of the Daughters.”.

George Washington: Governance

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Alexander Hamilton

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Bank of the United States

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John Adams

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John Adams: Governance

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John Adams: Foreign Affairs

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