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Year |
Date |
Document Title |
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1789 |
April
30, 1789 |
Washington’s First Inaugural Address |
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June
1, 1789 |
Law
Regulating Administering Oaths |
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June
10, 1789 |
Madison’s “Amendments to the Constitution” |
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July
4, 1789 |
Law
Laying of Duty on Goods, Wares, & Merchandise imported into
the U.S. |
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July
20, 1789 |
Law
Imposing Duties on Tonnage Act |
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July
27, 1789 |
Law
Establishing the Department of Foreign Affairs (State Dept.) |
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August 5, 1789 |
Law
Assuming States’ Debt |
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August 7, 1789 |
Washington’s Message on Hostile Indians |
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August 7, 1789 |
Law
Establishing War Department |
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August 7, 1789 |
Law
Providing Government for Ohio Territory |
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August 22, 1789 |
Washington’s Message to Congress about the Indians and North
Carolina |
|
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August 24, 1789 |
Adams’ Letter to Richard Henry Lee |
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September 2, 1789 |
Law
Establishing Treasury Department |
|
|
September 17, 1789 |
Washington’s Message to the Senate concerning the Treaty
with the Six Nations |
|
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September 22, 1789 |
Law
Temporarily Establishing Post-Office |
|
|
September 23, 1789 |
Joint
Resolution Proposing 12 Amendments to the Constitution (Bill
of Rights) |
|
|
September 27, 1789 |
Law
Establishing U.S. Courts |
|
|
September 29, 1789 |
Law
Regulating U.S. Courts |
|
|
September 29, 1789 |
Law
Appropriating Support of the Government |
|
|
October 6, 1789 |
Washington’s Instructions to the Governor of the Northwest
Territory |
|
|
November 21, 1789 |
North
Carolina’s Ratification of the Constitution |
|
|
December 21, 1789 |
North
Carolina Ratifies Constitution in Congress |
|
1790 |
January 8, 1790 |
Washington’s First Annual Message to Congress |
|
|
January 29, 1790 |
New
Hampshire Ratifies Constitution |
|
|
March
1, 1790 |
Law
Conducting Census of 1790 |
|
|
March
26, 1790 |
Law
establishing an Uniform Rule of Naturalization |
|
|
April
30, 1790 |
Law
promoting the useful arts |
|
|
April
30, 1790 |
Law
Regulating the Military Establishment |
|
|
May
29, 1790 |
Rhode
Island and Providence Plantations’ Ratification of the
Constitution |
|
|
May
31, 1790 |
Law
Creating First U.S. Copyright Law |
|
|
June
4, 1790 |
Law
Effecting Establishment of Judicial Courts in the U.S. |
|
|
June
16, 1790 |
Rhode
Island and Providence Plantations Ratifies the Constitution |
|
|
June
20, 1790 |
Sievès’ Message to Washington Concerning the Death of
Franklin |
|
|
July
1, 1790 |
Law
Providing Means of Intercourse between the U.S. & Foreign
Nations |
|
|
July
16, 1790 |
Law
establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the
Government |
|
|
July
22, 1790 |
Law
for making treaties with Indians |
|
|
July
22, 1790 |
Law
Regulating Trade & Intercourse with Indian Tribes |
|
|
August 4, 1790 |
Law
for Payment of U.S. Debt |
|
|
December 8, 1790 |
Washington’s Second Annual Message to Congress |
|
|
December 16, 1790 |
Resolutions on the Assumption of State Debts |
|
1791 |
January 21, 1791 |
Vermont’s Ratification of the Constitution |
|
|
January 24, 1791 |
Washington’s Letter to Congress about Land for a Permanent
Seat of Government |
|
|
January 24, 1791 |
Washington’s Proclamation on
the Formation of the District of Columbia |
|
|
February 4, 1791 |
Law
Admitting Kentucky into Union |
|
|
February 13, 1791 |
Jefferson’s Opinion on the Constitutionality of the Bank
{excerpt} |
|
|
February 18, 1791 |
Law
Admitting Vermont into Union |
|
|
February 23, 1791 |
Hamilton’s Opinion on the Constitutionality of the Bank
{excerpt} |
|
|
February 25, 1791 |
Law
Incorporating the Bank of the United States |
|
|
March
2, 1791 |
Supplemental Law Incorporating the Bank of the United States |
|
|
March
3, 1791 |
Joint
Resolution to create a Mint |
|
|
March
3, 1791 |
Joint
Resolution that Marshals should Hire a Temporary Jail |
|
|
July
2, 1791 |
Treaty of Peace & Friendship |
|
|
October 25, 1791 |
Washington’s Third Annual Message to Congress |
|
|
December 15, 1791 |
The
Bill of Rights Ratified |
|
1792 |
February 17, 1792 |
Cherokee’s Additional Article |
|
|
March
1, 1792 |
Law
Changing the Election of President & Vice President |
|
|
March
5, 1792 |
Law
Providing for Protection of the Frontiers |
|
|
April
2, 1792 |
Law
Establishing a Mint |
|
|
April
5, 1792 |
Washington’s First Veto of Congress Reapportionment |
|
|
April
14, 1792 |
Law
Re-apportioning Representatives |
|
|
May
2, 1792 |
Law
for Calling Forth of the Militia |
|
|
May
5, 1792 |
Law
for Relief of Persons Imprisoned for Debt |
|
|
May
8, 1792 |
Law
Concerning Duties on U.S. Spirits |
|
|
May
8, 1792 |
Joint
Resolution to Obtain Fresh Water |
|
|
November 6, 1792 |
Washington’s Fourth Annual Message to Congress |
|
1793 |
February 12, 1793 |
Law
Concerning Fugitives from Justice |
|
|
February 13, 1793 |
Joint
Session of Congress to Count the Votes of the 1792 Election |
|
|
February 18, 1793 |
Law
Providing Compensation for President & Vice-President |
|
|
1793 |
Chisholm v.
Georgia |
|
|
February 21, 1793 |
Law
Promoting the Useful Arts |
|
|
March
2, 1793 |
Additional Law Establishing the U.S. Judicial Courts |
|
|
March
4, 1793 |
Washington’s Second Inaugural Address |
|
|
April
22, 1793 |
Washington’s Proclamation of Neutrality |
|
|
August 3, 1793 |
Rules
of Conduct for Vessels |
|
|
December 3, 1793 |
Washington’s Fifth Annual Message to Congress |
|
1794 |
January 13, 1794 |
Law
Making Alterations to the U.S. Flag |
|
|
February 1794 |
Georgia v.
Brailsford |
|
|
March
5, 1794 |
Eleventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution |
|
|
March
22, 1794 |
Law
Prohibiting the Slave Trade from the U.S. to Foreign Places |
|
|
March
27, 1794 |
Law
Providing Naval Armament |
|
|
March
27, 1794 |
Law
to Pay La Fayette for U.S. Service |
|
|
April
4, 1794 |
Law
Allowing President to Alter Place of Congress |
|
|
May
9, 1794 |
Law
Directing a Detachment of Militia |
|
|
June
4, 1794 |
Law
Authorizing President to Lay, Regulate & Revoke Embargoes |
|
|
June
7, 1794 |
Supplemental Law Promoting the Useful Arts |
|
|
June
26, 1794 |
Treaty with the Cherokee Indians |
|
|
August 7, 1794 |
Washington’s Proclamation on Whiskey Rebellion |
|
|
November 11, 1794 |
Treaty with the Oneida, etc. |
|
|
November 19, 1794 |
Treaty of Amity Commerce and Navigation (The Jay Treaty,
1794) |
|
|
November 19, 1794 |
Washington’s Sixth Annual Message to Congress |
|
1795 |
January 1, 1795 |
Washington’s Proclamation Appointing Thanksgiving |
|
|
January 29, 1795 |
Law
for Naturalization—1795 |
|
|
February 28, 1795 |
Washington’s Message to Congress on Foreign Affairs |
|
|
March
3, 1795 |
Law
for General Promulgation of U.S. Laws |
|
|
March
3, 1795 |
Law
for Purpose of Trade with Indians |
|
|
September 5, 1795 |
Treaty with the Dey of Algiers |
|
|
October 27, 1795 |
The
Treaty of San Lorenzo |
|
|
December 8, 1795 |
Washington’s Seventh Annual Message to Congress |
|
1796 |
March
10, 1796 |
Law
Allowing Compensation to Congress |
|
|
April
18, 1796 |
Law
Establishing Trading Houses with the Indian Tribes |
|
|
April
18, 1796 |
Joint
Resolution about Invalid Pensions |
|
|
April
28, 1796 |
Ames’
Speech “On the Treaty with Great Britain” |
|
|
May
19, 1796 |
Law
regulating Trade and Intercourse with the Indian Tribes, and
to preserve Peace on the Frontiers |
|
|
May
19, 1796 |
Law
Providing Passports for U.S. Ships |
|
|
May
27, 1796 |
Law
Relative to Quarantine |
|
|
June
1, 1796 |
Law
Admitting Tennessee into Union |
|
|
June
1, 1796 |
Law
Providing Relief to Still Owners |
|
|
September 17, 1796 |
Washington’s Farewell Address |
|
|
December 4, 1796 |
Treaty with the Bey of Tripoli |
|
|
December 7, 1796 |
Washington’s Eighth Annual Message to Congress |
|
1797 |
January 27, 1797 |
Adams’ Letter to the Legislature of Massachusetts |
|
|
February 8, 1797 |
Joint
Session of Congress to Count the Votes of the 1796 Election |
|
|
March 1, 1797 |
Washington’s Proclamation for
a Special Session of the Senate |
|
|
March 2, 1797 |
Law
for Accommodations for the President |
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