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When Lord North, (the Prime Minister,) November 25, 1781, heard the intelligence, he arose, and exclaimed with a look of the deepest distress: "O God! it is all over."
1783.-Peace was declared, and a treaty signed at Paris, Sept. 3, acknowledged the independence of the United States. Shortly afterward, Washington bade his officers farewell and the army was disbanded.
1783.-On July 11, Savannah was evacuated by the British.
1783.-Nov. 25, the British evacuated New York and the American troops under Gen. Knox, took possession of the town. 1787.--Adoption of the Constitution. It was universally felt that a stronger national government was needed. Jealousies at times existed between the States; so that Washington remarked: "We are one nation to-day, and thirteen to-morrow." On Sept. 17, a Convention was called at Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation. Washington was chosen President; and the new Constitution was adopted. Nine States should ratify the Constitution to make it binding, and this number had done so in 1788, and the following year it went into full operation.
1789-Washington was inaugurated first President of the United States, April 30, on the balcony of the old Federal Hall, New York, then the temporary Capital.
1791-Vermont the fourteenth State of the union was admitted, March 4. It was discovered and explored by Champlain in 1609, and was named from its mountain range, vert green, and mont, mountain.
1792-Kentucky, the fifteenth State, was admitted into the Union, June 1, 1792. It is an Indian name, signifying "dark and bloody ground," from the sanguinary conflicts that took place there between the Indians and the whites.
1792-Capt. Gray discovered the Colombia River, May 11.
1794-Gen. Wayne defeated the Indians, Aug. 20, on the Maumee, compelling them to make a treaty, whereby they gave up all the territory now comprising Ohio, and a part of Indiana.
1794-What is known as the Whiskey Rebellion, broke out in Pennsylvania. The taxes imposed on whiskey to restore the shattered finances of the nation, gave rise to an insurrection, which was, however, quelled without bloodshed.
1795-The Senate ratified Jay's treaty with England June 24, after bitter opposition.
1795-A treaty was negotiated with Spain, whereby the United States secured the free navigation of the Mississippi, and the boundary of Florida, still held by that nation, was fixed.
1795-A treaty was concluded with Algiers, whereby American captives were released, and the Mediterranean commerce was opened to our vessels.
1796-Tennessee, the sixteenth State, was received into the Union, June 1. It derives its name from the Tennessee River, which means " the river with the great bend." Two years previously it received distinct territorial government.
1797-John Adams was inaugurated second President of the United States, March 4. He defeated his rival Thomas Jefferson by only two electoral votes. 4.