1765. May 29, Virginia resolutions against the right of taxation.

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June 6, general congress proposed by Massachusetts.

Oct. 7, congress of twenty-eight delegates convenes at New York, and publishes a declaration of rights.

Feb., Dr. Franklin examined before the house of commons, relative to the repeal of the stamp-act.

Mar. 18., stamp-act repealed.

Tax laid on paper, glass, painters' colors, and teas.
Dartmouth college incorporated.

American philosophical society instituted at Philadelphia.
Tea-plant introduced into Georgia.

Tea thrown overboard at Boston.

Boston port-bill passed.

Sept. 4, first continental Congress at Philadelphia.
Dr. Franklin dismissed from the postoffice.

April 19, battle of Lexington.

Dec. 13, resolution of Congress to fit out a navy of thirteen ships.
66 31, assault on Quebec, and death of General Montgomery.
Jan. 3, battle near Princeton.

May 10, Ticonderoga taken by the provincials.
June 17, battle of Bunker's Hill.

March 17, Boston evacuated by the British.

July 4, declaration of independence.

Sept. 11, battle of Brandywine.

66 15, the British take possession of New York.

66 27, the British take possession of Philadelphia. Oct. 4, battle of Germantown.

"22, battle of Red Bank.

"28, battle of White Plains.

Nov. 16, capture of Fort Washington by the British.
Dec. 26, battle of Trenton.

Sept. 19, battle near Stillwater.

June 28, battle at Monmouth courthouse.

Dec. 29, Savannah taken by the British.

1780.

Aug. 16, battle near Camden.

Bank of North America established.

March 15, battle of Guilford.

Sept. 5, Fort Trumbull, Conn., taken by Arnold, and New London burnt. 66 8, battle at Eutaw.

Oct. 19, surrender of Lord Cornwallis.

March 4, resolution of the house of commons in favor of peace.

April 19, independence of United States acknowledged by Holland.
July, evacuation of Savannah.

Dec. 14, evacuation of Charlestown.

Feb. 5, independence of the United States acknowledged by Sweden.

April 11, proclamation of peace by Congress.

19, peace proclaimed in the army by Washington.
Sept. 3, definitive treaty of peace signed at Paris.
Oct. 18, proclamation for disbanding the army.
Nov. 2, Washington's farewell orders.

1811.

District of Columbia ceded by Virginia and Maryland.
May 29, constitution adopted by Rhode Island.
Mar. 4, Vermont admitted into the Union.
Bank of the United States established.

First folio Bible printed by Worcester of Mass.
June 1, Kentucky admitted into the Union.
Washington re-elected president.

Death of John Hancock.

Insurrection in Pennsylvania.

June 1, Tennessee admitted into the Union.
Dec. 7, Washington's last speech to Congress.
March 4, John Adams inaugurated president.
Washington reappointed commander-in chief.
Dec. 14, death of George Washington.

Seat of government removed to Washington.
May 13, disbanding of the provisional army.
March 4, Thomas Jefferson inaugurated president.
July 20, Louisiana ceded to France by Spain.
Feb. 19, Ohio admitted into the Union.

April 30, Louisiana purchased by the United States.
August, Commodore Preble bombards Tripoli.

June 3, treaty of peace with Tripoli.

Expedition of Lewis and Clark to the mouth of the Columbia.
June 22, attack on the frigate Chesapeake.

July 2, interdict to armed British vessels.

Nov. 11, British orders in council.

Dec. 17, Milan decree.

66 22, embargo laid by the American government.

Jan. 1, slave-trade abolished.

April 17, Bayonne decree.

March 1, embargo repealed.

66 4, James Madison inaugurated president.

March 23, Rambouillet decree.

May 16, engagement between the frigate President and Little Belt.
Nov. 7, battle of Tippecanoe.

1812. April 3, embargo laid for ninety days.

June 19, proclamation of war. (War declared June 18th.)

Aug. 15, surrender of General Hull.

Action between the frigates Constitution and Guerriere.
Nov., defeat at Queenstown.

Action between the Frolic and Wasp.

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April 8, Louisiana admitted into the Union.

1813. April 27, capture of York, Upper Canada.

May 27, battle of Fort George.

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June 1, Chesapeake captured by the Shannon.
Sept. 10, Perry's victory on Lake Erie.

Oct. 5, battle of the Thames.

Dec. 13, Buffalo burnt.

March 28, action between the frigates Essex and Phoebe.

"25, battle of Bridgewater.

August, Washington city captured, and capitol burnt.
66 9, 11, Stonington bombarded.

1814.

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July 5, battle of Chippewa.

11, M'Donough's victory on Lake Champlain.

Sept. 12, battle near Baltimore.

Dec. 24, treaty of Ghent signed.

66 25, battle of New Orleans.

Feb. 17, treaty of Ghent ratified by the president.
March, war declared with Algiers.

Mar. 4, James Monroe inaugurated president.
Dec. 10, Mississippi admitted into the Union.

1818. Dec. 3, Illinois

1819. Dec. 14, Alabama

May, first steamship sailed for Europe.
Mar. 15, Maine admitted into the Union.
July 1, Jackson takes possession of Florida.
Aug. 10, Missouri admitted into the Union.
First settlement of Liberia.

March 13, convention with Great Britain, for suppression of slave-trade.
April 5, convention with Russia in relation to the northwest boundary.
August 13, arrival of General Lafayette.

Mar. 4, John Quincy Adams inaugurated president.

Sept. 7, departure of General Lafayette.

July 4, death of Presidents Adams and Jefferson.

Feb. 20, resolutions passed by the Virginia house of delegates, denying the right of Congress to pass the tariff bill..

March 4, Andrew Jackson inaugurated president.

May 2, hail fell in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to the depth of twelve inches. "17, death of John Jay, at Bedford, New York.

Sept. 15, slavery abolished in Mexico.

Nov. 9, separation of Yucatan from Mexico, and union with the republic of
Central America.

Dec. 4, revolution commences in Mexico.

Jan. 20, General Bolivar resigns his military and civil commissions.
"27, city of Guatemala nearly destroyed by earthquakes.

April 4, Yucatan declares its independence.

Jan. 12, remarkable eclipse of the sun.

Oct. 1, free-trade convention at Philadelphia.

July 4, death of James Monroe.

"26, tariff convention at New York.

Feb. 6, attack on Qualla Battoo, in Sumatra, by U. S. frigate Potomac.

June 8, cholera breaks out at Quebec, in Canada; being its first appearance in America.

Nov., union and state-rights convention of South Carolina.

Dec. 28, John C. Calhoun resigns the office of vice-president.

Mar. 1, new tariff-bill signed by the president.

"4, Andrew Jackson inaugurated president for a second term.
"11, state-rights convention of South Carolina.

"29, Santa Anna elected president of Mexico.

May 16,

1834.

1835.

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Oct. 1, public deposites removed from the bank of the United States, by order of General Jackson.

Nov. 13, remarkable meteoric showers in the United States.

Mar. 28, vote of censure by the senate against General Jackson, for remo-
ving the deposites.

April 18, French indemnity-bill passes the chamber of deputies.
Dec. 16, great fire in New York.

1836. April 21, battle of San Jacinto, in Texas.

June 14, Arkansas admitted into the Union.

Dec. 15, burning of the general postoffice and patent office, at Washington.
Jan. 26, Michigan admitted into the Union.

Mar. 4, Martin Van Buren inaugurated president of the United States.
Jan. 19, antarctic continent discovered by the U. S. exploring expedition.
June 30, sub-treasury bill becomes a law.

Mar. 4, William Henry Harrison inaugurated president of the United States.
April 4, death of President Harrison.

Aug. 9, sub-treasury bill repealed.

66 18, bankrupt act becomes a law. March 3, bankrupt act repealed.

1843. June 17, Bunker Hill monument celebration. Mar. 1, Texas annexed to the United States.

"3, Florida admitted into the Union.

1845.

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Year.

1791.

A TABLE OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES, From the year 1791 to 1845, inclusive-together with the Excess of Imports or Exports for each year, and the Net Revenue accruing from our Imports during the same period.

Imports.

Exports.

Excess of Impts. Excess of Expts. Net Revenue.

$52,000,000 $19,012,041 $32,987,959

$4,399,473

*The commercial year of 1843 consisted of only nine months, and the fiscal year of only six months. This will account for the diminished imports and exports of that year. It is also worthy of remark, that the fiscal year of 1843 not only consisted of six months, but of that half of the year when the importations are generally the least; and hence the great falling off of the revenue. The facts above stated arose from the change of the commercial and fiscal year.

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John Langdon, of New Hampshire.

S Richard Henry Lee, of Virginia.
John Langdon, of New Hampshire.
Ralph Izard, of South Carolina.
Henry Tazewell, of Virginia.

Samuel Livermore, of New Hampshire.
William Bingham, of Pennsylvania.
William Bradford, of Rhode Island.
Theodore Sedgwick, of Massachusetts.
James Ross, of Pennsylvania.

Samuel Livermore, of New Hampshire.
James Hillhouse, of Connecticut.
Abraham Baldwin, of Georgia.
Stephen R. Bradley, of Vermont.
John Brown, of Kentucky.

Jesse Franklin, of North Carolina.
Joseph Anderson, of Tennessee.
Samuel Smith, of Maryland.

Samuel Smith,

Samuel Smith,

Stephen R. Bradley, of Vermont.
John Milledge, of Georgia.
Andrew Gregg, of Pennsylvania.
John Gaillard, of South Carolina.
John Pope, of Kentucky.

William H. Crawford, of Georgia.
John Gaillard, of South Carolina.
John Gaillard,

S John Gaillard,

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James Barbour, of Virginia.

Samuel L. Southard, of New Jersey.

Willie P. Mangum, of North Carolina.

NOTE. For dates of sessions of each Congress, and speakers of the house of representatives, see table, page 1543.

* Became president by death of Harmsen.