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ORDERS, Molly Peggy

ORDERS, Molly Peggy

Female 1772 - 1850  (78 years)

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   Date  Event(s)
1776 
  • 1776—1776: Declaration of American Independence
    American Declaration of Independence determines the political evolution of the New World and the rise of American power.
1789 
  • 1789—1789: French Revolution; George Washington elected the first President of America
    French Revolution marks a fundamental break with the tradition of monarchy; the “rights of man” are enshrined.
1794 
  • 1794—1794: Whiskey Rebellion
    As the new country began finding its feet, U.S. Pres. George Washington sent troops to western Pennsylvania in 1794 to quell the Whiskey Rebellion, an uprising by citizens who refused to pay a liquor tax that had been imposed by Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton to raise money for the national debt and to assert the power of the national government. Federalists cheered the triumph of national authority; members of the Thomas Jefferson’s Republican (later Democratic-Republican) Party were appalled by what they saw as government overreach. More than two centuries later, the names and faces have changed, but the story is ongoing.
1798 
  • 7 Jul 1798—7 Jul 1798: United States Marine Corps is established
    The United States Marine Corps is established
1803 
  • 1803—1803: Louisiana Purchase
    Louisiana Purchase
1804 
  • 11 Jul 1804—11 Jul 1804: Alexander Hamilton shot by V.P. Aaron Burr in a duel
    Alexander Hamilton shot by V.P. Aaron Burr in a duel
1805 
  • 1805—1805: Battle of Trafalagar and Nelson's death
    Battle of Trafalagar and Nelson's death
1825 
  • 1825—1825: Rocket steam locomotive built
    Rocket steam locomotive built, marking the start of the railway age of cheap, fast land transport.
1836 
  • 1836—1836: Telegraph Invented
    Telegraph Invented



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