precedents crossword (moving the capital)

2. this was the first tax passed by the constitution
3. Rhode Island ratifies the Constitution, becoming the last of the original thirteen states under the Articles of Confederation to join the newly formed Union.
9. Congress grants Tennessee's application for statehood, allowing it to become the 16th state in the Union.
10. John Adams is inaugurated as the second President of the United States, thereby officially ending the presidency of George Washington.
12. President Washington signs the first United States copyright law.
13. The American Government, represented by David Humphreys, agrees to pay a sum of nearly a million dollars to the Dey of Algiers for protection of American shipping in the Mediterranean and for the ransom of sailors.
15. Congress approves its first internal revenue law, creating fourteen revenue districts and placing a tax on all distilled spirits.
16. John Adams is elected President of the United States.

1. Alexander Hamilton resigns from his post as secretary of the treasury.
4. Commissioners name the territory within the District of Columbia (and the future seat of the Federal Government) the city of Washington in honor of the nation's first President.
5. The United States Capital officially moves from New York to Philadelphia, where it remains until the completion of the District of Columbia in 1800.
6. After fierce public debate, the Senate ratifies the Jay Treaty.
7. The first bill that Washington vetoed was the Apportionment Bill
8. France refuses to accept Monroe's replacement, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, as American envoy to France, worsening relations between the two nations.
11. feared that if he were to die while in office, Americans would view the presidency as a lifetime appointment.
14. Congress passes the United States' first naturalization law, establishing terms of citizenship.