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The frigate Philadelphia taken by the Tripoli-
tans, October 31
General Wilkinson and Governor Claiborne,
take possession of Louisiana in the name of
the United States of America, December 20
A Tripolitan frigate (late frigate Philadelphia)
taken and burnt by Lieutenant Decatur, Fe-
bruary 16

Thomas Jefferson re-elected President, March 4
General Eaton defeats the Tripolitans and takes

possession of Derne, April 27,

John Pierce killed by a shot from the British ship Leander near Sandy Hook, April 25 The United States frigate Chesapeake fired upon by the British ship Leopard, near the Capes of Virginia-3 men killed, and 23 wounded, June 22

The President issued his proclamation, ordering all British armed vessels to depart from the waters of the United States-all supplies prohibited to British armed vessels, July 2 An embargo laid on by Congress, in consequence

of the British Orders in Council and French

1 Decrees, December 22

The bones of 10,000 martyrs who suffered on board the Jersey prison-ship in the late war, were entombed at the Wallabout, (Brooklyn) May 26

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Treaties made by the United States, with other Nations.

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Treaty between the United States and France,
February 6 ...
Articles of agreement and confederation be-
tween the United States and the Delaware
Nation, done at Fort Pitt, September 17
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tween his Majesty the King of Sweden, and the United States, April 3

Armistice declaring a cessation of hostilities

between the United States and Great Britain, January 20

Treaty between the United States of America

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and the Sachems and warriors of the Six Nations, concluded at Fort Stanwick, October 22 1784 · Treaty between the United States and the Sachems and warriors of the Wiandots, Delaware, Chippaway and Ottawa Nations, concluded at Fort M'Intosh, January 21 Treaty of Amity and Commerce between his Majesty the King of Prussia and the United States, concluded September 10 Treaty between the United States and headmen and warriors of the Cherokees, concluded at Hopewell on Keowee, November 28 Treaty between the United States and Choctaw Nation, concluded at Hopewell on the Keowee, near Seneca Old Town, January 3 -Treaty between the United States and the Chickasaws, concluded at Hopewell on the Keowee, January 10

Treaty between the United States and the chiefs

and warriors of the Shawanoe Nation, concluded at the mouth of the Great Miami, January 31

Treaty of friendship between the United States and his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Morocco, signed at Paris by Thomas Jefferson, January 1, signed at London by John Adams, January 25

Convention between his Most Christian Majesty and the United States, done at Verseilles, November 14

Treaty between the United States and the Sachems and warriors of the Wrandot, Delaware, Ottawa, Chippaway, Pattawatima and Six Nations, made at Fort Harmar on the Muskingum, January 9

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Treaty of peace and friendship between the
kings, chiefs and warriors of the Creek na-
tion of Indians, concluded at New-York,
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Treaty of peace and friendship between the
United States and the chiefs and warriors of
the Cherokee nation of Indians, concluded on
the bank of the Holston, July 2
Articles in addition to the treaty between the
United States and the Cherokee Indians, sign-
ed at Philadelphia, June 26
Treaty between the United States and the tribes
of Indians called the Six Nations, done at Ca-
nandaigua, November 115

Treaty of amity, commerce and navigation, be-
tween his Britannic Majesty and the United
States, concluded at London, November 19
Treaty between the United States and the Onei-
do, Tuscarora and Stockbridge Indians, De-

cember 2

Treaty of peace between the United States and the tribes of Indians called the Wiandots, Delawares, Shawanoes, Ottawas, Chippaways, Pattawatimas, Miamis, Eel River, Weeas, Kickapoos, Piankashaws and Kaskaskias, concluded at Greenville, August 3

Treaty of peace and amity between the Dey of Algiers and the United States, concluded September 5

Treaty of friendship, limits and navigation be

tween the United States and the King of Spain,
done at San Lorenzo, October 27
Additional and explanatory articles of a treaty of
amity, commerce and navigation between G.
Britain and the United States, signed at Phi-
ladelphia, May 4

Treaty between the United States and the
French Republic, (Louisiana ceded to the
United States) done at Paris, April 30
Convention between the United States and the
French Republic, done at Paris, April 30

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Treaty between the United States and the De-t-
lawares, Shawanoes, Pattawatimas, Miamis,
Eel River, Weeas, Kickapoos, Piankashaws
and Kaskaskias nations of Indians, made at
Fort Wayne, on the Miami, June 7
Treaty between the United States and the Kas-
kaskia tribe of Indians, concluded August 13
Treaty between the United States and the Choc-
taw Indians, concluded at Washington, De-
cember 26

Treaty between the United States and the Pian-
kashaw tribe of Indians, done at Vincennes,
August 27

Treaty between the United States and the Delaware tribe of Indians, done at Vincennes, August 18

Treaty between the United States and the united tribes of Sac and Fox Indians, done at St. Louis, (Louisiana) November 3d key Additional article to the treaty between the United States and the Sec and Fox Indians, done at Washington, February 215 216

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WE, the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the bles sings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity-do ́ordain and establish this CONSTITUTION FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

ARTICLE I.

Sect. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

Sect. 2. The House of Representatives shall be com, posed of members chosen every second year by the peo ple of the several states, and the clectors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature.

No person shall be a representatiye who shall not have attained to the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen.

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Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole num

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