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Events from the year 1789 in the United States. ... Joseph Spencer, major general of the Revolutionary War, Continental Congressman for Connecticut (born 1714)
1789 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1789th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 789th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 18th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1780s decade. As of the start of ...
The Louisiana Purchase in 1803 gave Western farmers use of the important Mississippi River waterway, removed the French presence from the western border of the United States, and, most important, provided U.S. settlers with vast potential for expansion. A few weeks afterward, war resumed between Britain and Napoleon's France.
The Tariff Act of 1789 is signed into law (July 4) Charles Thomson resigns as secretary of Congress and hands over the Great Seal, bringing an end to the Confederation Congress (July) Judiciary Act of 1789 (September 24) Congress approves twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights (September 25)
The history of the United States from 1776 to 1789 was marked by the nation's transition from the American Revolutionary War to the establishment of a novel constitutional order. As a result of the American Revolution , the thirteen British colonies emerged as a newly independent nation, the United States of America , between 1776 and 1789.
Madison (5 US 137 1803) allows Supreme Court to invalidate law passed by the United States Congress for first time: the Judiciary Act of 1789 1803 – Louisiana Purchase 1803 – Ohio , formerly part of Connecticut , becomes the 17th state
1789: George Washington is elected the first President of the United States. Inaugurated on April 30, he serves until 1797. 1789: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen adopted. 1789: Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis. 1789–1799: French Revolution. Napoleon at the Bridge of the Arcole.
July 31, 1789: Regulation of the Collection of Duties on Tonnage and Merchandise, ch.5, 1 Stat. 29, which established the United States Customs Service and its ports of entry. August 7, 1789: Department of War was established, ch. 7, 1 Stat. 49. September 2, 1789: United States Department of the Treasury was established, ch. 12, 1 Stat. 65