This article covers the history of the United States from 1789 through 1849, the period of westward expansion.. George Washington was elected the first president in 1789. On his own initiative he created three departments: State (Thomas Jefferson), Treasury (Alexander Hamilton), and War.The secretaries along with a new Attorney General, became the cabinet.

Between 1776 and 1789 thirteen British colonies emerged as a newly independent nation, the United States of America.Fighting in the American Revolutionary War started between colonial militias and the British Army in 1775. The Second Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Articles of Confederation were ratified in 1781 to form the …

This is a chronological, but incomplete, list of United States federal legislation passed by the 1st through 56th United States Congresses, between 1789 and 1901. For the main article on this subject, see List of United States federal legislation.Additional lists can be found at List of United States federal legislation: Congress of the Confederation, List of United States federal …

The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, ... September 11, 1789 January 31, 1795 George Washington: 2: Oliver Wolcott Jr. Connecticut: February 3, 1795 December 31, 1800 John Adams: 3: Samuel Dexter: Massachusetts: January 1, 1801

Article III - The Judicial Branch Note. Section 1 - Judicial powers. The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behavior, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services a ...

Jan 13, 2022 · Historical Statistics of the United States, 1789 - 1957. June 1949. A supplement to the Statistical Abstract of the United States with approximately 3,000 statistical time series which cover various periods from 1789 to 1945. Publication.

Dec 16, 2021 · A two-part compendium updating and expanding the second edition, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1957. This bicentennial edition, includes more than 12,500 time series, mostly annual, providing a statistical history of U.S. social, economic, political, and geographic development during periods from 1610 to 1970.

Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930. ... and museums documents voluntary immigration to the United States from the signing of the Constitution to the start of the Great Depression. Concentrating heavily on the 19th century, the collection includes: over 400,000 pages from more than 2,200 books, pamphlets, and serials ...

Secretaries of foreign affairs (1781–1789) On January 10, 1780, the Confederation Congress created the Department of Foreign Affairs.. On August 10, 1781, Congress selected Robert R. Livingston, a delegate from New York, as the first Secretary for Foreign Affairs.Livingston was unable to take office until October 20, 1781.

Jul 12, 2022 · On September 25, 1789, the First Congress of the United States proposed 12 amendments to the Constitution. The 1789 Joint Resolution of Congress proposing the amendments is on display in the Rotunda in the National Archives Museum. Ten of the proposed 12 amendments were ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures on December 15, 1791.