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1790s
The 1790s contain 11 verified events in the Capture Cascade Timeline.
11
events
From
Feb 11, 1790
To
Jul 14, 1798
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1790 · 2 events
1791 · 1 event
1793 · 2 events
1794 · 2 events
1795 · 1 event
1797 · 1 event
1798 · 2 events
1790
1798
Date
Event
Lanes
Status
1798-07-14
Alien and Sedition Acts Criminalize Political Dissent and Democratic Opposition
3 src
John Adams · Federalist Party
confirmed
1798-07-07
Quasi-War Enables Military-Industrial Expansion and Permanent Navy Establishment
3 src
John Adams · U.S. Congress · George Washington
confirmed
1797-10-18
XYZ Affair Exposes French Diplomatic Bribery Demands and Triggers Quasi-War
3 src
John Marshall · John Adams
confirmed
1795-01-07
Yazoo Land Fraud Represents Largest Corruption Scandal of Early Republic
3 src
Georgia Legislature
confirmed
1794-08-07
Whiskey Rebellion Establishes Federal Power to Suppress Domestic Dissent with Military Force
3 src
George Washington · Alexander Hamilton
confirmed
1794-03-22
Slave Trade Act of 1794 Prohibits American Ships from International Slave Trade
3 src
U.S. Congress · George Washington
confirmed
1793-03-14
Cotton Gin Patent Transforms Slavery from Declining Institution to Booming Economic Engine
3 src
Southern planters
confirmed
1793-02-12
Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 Creates Federal Enforcement Apparatus for Slavery
6 src
U.S. Congress · George Washington · Federal judges · Slaveholders
confirmed
1791-02-25
First Bank of the United States Establishes Financial Elite Capture Pattern
3 src
Alexander Hamilton · Thomas Jefferson · James Madison · George Washington · +1
confirmed
1790-03-26
Naturalization Act Restricts Citizenship to Free White Persons Creating Racial Caste System
3 src
George Washington
confirmed
1790-02-11
Quaker Antislavery Petitions to First Congress Trigger Fierce Debate and Tabling
3 src
Benjamin Franklin · James Madison
confirmed