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Benjamin Banneker and the Survey of the District of Columbia, 1791. Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C., Vol. 69/70, The 47th separately bound book (1969/1970), pp. 7–30. Jack D. L. Holmes, J. Leitch Wright Jr. Luis Bertucat and William Augustus Bowles: West Florida Adversaries in 1791.
1791 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1791st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 791st year of the 2nd millennium, the 91st year of the 18th century, and the 2nd year of the 1790s decade. As of the start of 1791 ...
3rd: December 6, 1790 – March 3, 1791 The 1st United States Congress , comprising the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives , met from March 4, 1789, to March 4, 1791, during the first two years of George Washington's presidency , first at Federal Hall in New York City and later at Congress Hall in Philadelphia .
The first actions of the new government did not immediately take place following the Constitution's adoption, as not enough members of Congress had arrived to form a quorum. [25] The electoral votes for president and vice president were counted on April 6, 1789, and George Washington was inaugurated the first president on April 30. [26]
In 1791, Washington toured the South, largely to promote national unity amid uproar over Hamilton's economic plan and slavery. The trip began on March 20, 1791, when Washington and a small group of aides began sailing down the Severn River. After sailing through a large storm, they arrived in Annapolis.
The Court lacked its own building until 1935; from 1791 to 1801, it met in Philadelphia's City Hall. The first Chief Justice of the United States was John Jay; the Court's first docketed case was Van Staphorst v. Maryland (1791), and its first recorded decision was West v. Barnes (1791). [2]
1791 – The Bill of Rights, comprising the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is adopted. [1] 1791 – First Bank of the United States chartered; 1791 – Vermont becomes the 14th state [2] (formerly the independent Vermont Republic) 1792 – Kentucky becomes the 15th state [3] (formerly Kentucky County, Virginia)
The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government.