18Th Century Turning Points in U.s. History. : 1783-1790 & 1791-1799 Disc 4

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List of documents and maps on sheet laid in disc container.
1783-1790. Noah Webster issues "Blue-backed Speller" -- Continental Congress passes Land Ordinance Acts -- Shay's Rebellion -- The United States Constitution is created -- George Washington elected first president -- James Madison proposes the Bill of Rights -- Alexander Hamilton becomes Secretary of the Treasury and shapes America's modern industrial economy -- Benjamin Franklin dies. 1791-1799. Benjamin Banneker saves the White House -- Congress enacts a Fugitive Slave law -- The Whiskey Rebellion is put down -- The Jay and Pinckney Treaties protects America's westward expansion -- JohnAdams becomes the second president of United States inaugurating the two-party system -- U.S.S. Constitution is launched -- Alien and Sedition Act usher in a bleak period of American political freedom -- Eulogy for George Washington ends the century.
"As the 18th century dawned on the North American continent, four powers - the French, the Spanish, the British and the Native Americans were competing to see who would control this remarkable land. However after half a century of almost continuous wars, a new entity emerged: The Americans. It would be the Americans, and not the other four powers, who would control what would become the United States. By the end of the 18th century the Americans had created the greatest experiment in self-government the world has ever seen"--Container back cover.
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