The New Nation (1777-1816)

Richard Allen experiences religious conversion at a Methodist camp meeting

Northwest Ordinance passes; "Utmost Good Faith" clause promises to observe Native American property rights

Richard Allen and fellow black Methodists walk out of St. George’s Methodist Episcopal Church

After contentious debate, U.S. Constitution ratified, greatly enhancing the federal government’s power

Judith Sargent Murray’s "On the Equality of the Sexes" published in Massachusetts Magazine

Bill of Rights ratified, fulfilling Federalists concession to the states

Slave revolt erupts on San Domingue (modern-day Haiti)

Black Philadelphians nurse sick and bury dead during Yellow Fever epidemic

Pennsylvania farmers rebel over Whiskey Tax

Mother Bethel Church holds first services in converted blacksmith shop

Alien and Sedition Acts severally impinge political and civil liberties

Gabriel's Rebellion exposed in Richmond, Virginia

Capitol moved from Philadelphia to Washington DC

Thomas Jefferson inaugurated in first transference of power between political factions

Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa found Native village, Kithtippecanoe, in Indiana

State militia forces overrun Kithtippecanoe

War declared against Great Britain over continued presence in Old Northwest

Tecumseh dies at Battle of the Thames
in eastern Ontario

British forces attack Washington DC and burn the White House

Treaty of Ghent ends the War of 1812

African Methodist Episcopal
Church established