Documents in Year 1798                     

Links of Interest:

• America's Founding Primary Source Documents:

1798 - Amendment XI in the Bill of Rights - states can not sue each other

• John Adams, Second U.S. President

(1797-1801)

• French Revolution (1789-1799)

After the fall of the Jacobins and the execution of Robespierre, the Directory assumed control of the French state in 1795 and held power until 1799, when it was replaced by the Consulate under Napoleon Bonaparte.