1799
Kentucky Resolution of December 3 declared that when the federal government acts outside the U.S. Constitution’s authority, the states, “being sovereign and independent, have…
1798
Alien and Sedition Acts, enacted by a Federalist Congress during John Adams’s presidency, prohibited written or spoken criticism of the federal government, made it…
1793
Fugitive Slave Act codified the fugitive slave clause in Article IV, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which required states to return escaped slaves…
1791
First Bank of the United States, established on February 21 as proposed by the Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, was a depository for…
1790
Funding Act provided for paying Revolutionary War debts and authorized the federal government to pay the states’ war debts. This was the first federal…
1788
Ratification of the U.S. Constitution by popularly elected state conventions in each state ensured that the peoples of the states had the final role…
1787
Constitutional Convention convened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between May and September with 55 of 74 pledged delegates from 12 states eventually attending (with Rhode Island…
1786
Annapolis Convention, formally titled Meeting of Commissioners to Remedy Defects of the Federal Government, was a convention of 12 delegates from five states that…
1785
Land Ordinance implemented the 1784 ordinance and established a grid survey system to facilitate land purchases by individuals and companies. Land was surveyed into…
1784
Land Ordinance, enacted on April 23, provided that lands west of the Appalachian Mountains, north of the Ohio River, and East of the Mississippi…
1781
Articles of Confederation, ratified on February 2 as the first written constitution of the United States of America, established a “perpetual union,” although the…
1780
Massachusetts Constitution, the first to expressly provide for a separation of powers and ratification by the people, is the world’s oldest written constitution still…
1777
Articles of Confederation, drafted by a committee of delegates from the 13 states and chaired by John Dickinson, was adopted by the Continental Congress…
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