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Links of Interest:

  • America's Founding Primary Source Documents:

  • The U.S. Constitution was written in the summer of 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by delegates from 12 states, in order to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new form of government. It created a federal system with a national government composed of three separated powers (Executive, Judicial, Legislative), and included both reserved and concurrent powers of states. See the Federalist Papers, which James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay wrote to convince the colonies to sign the Constitution. It took until 1790 for all 13 colonies to accept The Constitution.

  • George Washington, First U.S. President

  • (1789-1797)

  • First U.S. Census Overview 1790

  • First U.S. Census Fast Facts 1790

  • Statehood

    Rhode Island (13 of 50 States) Admitted 29 May 1790, see 1791 for next state...


  • Military:

    French Revolution (1789-1799)

  • In 1789 France was shaken by revolution and King Louis XVI guillotined in 1793. Britain was once more at war with France. America not involved.

  • Wild West/Frontier

  • Daniel Boone lives in Point Pleasant in the Ohio Valley (modern day West Virginia). He represents Kentucky County in the Virginia Legislature from approximately 1789-1792. He is promoted to lieutenant colonel for the militia in 1791.

    My Father, Daniel Boone: The Draper Interviews with Nathan Boone

    This free ebook preview provides a major portion of an interview of Nathan Boone, the youngest son of frontiersman, Daniel Boone. He and his wife recollect interesting stories they knew about his father's exploits on the American frontier. (see page 87-92)

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