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Q. How is Paris situated?

Q. When was the treaty of peace signed?
A. On the 30th of November, 1782.

Q. How long had the war lasted?

A. About eight years.

Q. When were the articles of peace ratified?

A. On the 3d of September, 1783.

Q.. ..Where was Congress in session, at this time?

A. At Annapolis, in Maryland.

Q. Who was now president of Congress?

A. General Mifflin.

Q. After Washington's resignation, whither did he retire?

A. To Mount Vernon, in Virginia.

Q. How did Washington employ his time, at Mount Vernon?

A. He became the patron and example of ingenious and profitable agriculture, and a successful promoter of inland navigation.

Q. What did America obtain by the contest?

A. That liberty and independence which was a happy reward for her labors and a full compensation for the streams of blood which her patriots had so freely shed.

Q. What society was instituted, at the parting of the revolutionary officers.

A. The officers, to perpetuate their friendship, formed themselves into a society, which they named Cincinnati, after Cincinnatus, the celebrated Roman General, who, after having vanquished the enemies of his country, returned to the plow.

Q. What took place on the 25th of November, 1783? A. New-York was evacuated by the British; and Washington, accompanied by Governor Clinton, entered the city in grand procession.

Q. Who first showed the electrical quality of lightning?
A. Doctor Franklin.

Q. What invention was the result of this discovery?
A. The lightning-rod.

Q. When, where, and at what age, did Franklin die? A. He died in the year 1790, at Philadelphia, at the age of 84.

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CHAPTER XII.

ADOPTION OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION-NATIONAL BANK-DIFFICULTIES WITH FRANCE,

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Q. Where did an insurrection break out in 1786?
A. In Massachusetts, headed by Daniel Shay.

Q. Of what did these people complain?

A. Heavy taxes.

Q. What was the result?

A. Prudent and conciliatory measures being adopted, it was soon quelled.

Q. When and where did the delegates assemble, for the purpose of digesting a new form of government?

A. On the 25th of May, 1787, in Philadelphia.

Q. Who was chosen president of this convention?
A. General Washington.

Q. How long were they deliberating, before they agreed on a new plan of government?

A. About four months.

Q. When was the constitution adopted by the people? A. After much discussion, it was adopted in the following year, 1788.

Q. When and where did the first Congress meet?
A. In April, 1789, in New-York.

Q. Who was elected first president of the United States?
A. George Washington, then in his 57th year.

Q. Who was chosen vice-president?

A. John Adams, of Massachusetts ?

Q. What first claimed the attention of Congress?

A. To replenish the treasury.

Q. For this purpose, what duties were laid?

A. Duties were laid on the importation of merchandise,

and on the tonnage of vessels.

Q. When was the Bank of the United States established?

A. In the year 1790, at Philadelphia.

Q. For how long a time was it chartered?

A. For twenty years.

Q. How was the prosperity of the Union menaced?

A. By the opposition of the inhabitants of the western part of Pennsylvania, to the measures of Congress, for raising a revenue by a tax on distilled spirits.

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Q. How long did disturbances continue?
A. From 1791 to 1794.

Q. How were they quelled?

A. Washington found it necessary to send an armed force into the country, but happily the insurrection was quelled without bloodshed.

Q. When did Vermont and Kentucky become States?
A. Vermont in 1791, and Kentucky in 1792.

Q. By whom was made the first permanent settlement in Kentucky?

A. Colonel Daniel Boon."

Q. In the time of the yellow fever, in Philadelphia, in 1793, how many died of that disease alone?

A. Four thousand.

Q. What was then the number of inhabitants in Philadelphia?

A. Sixty thousand.

Q. Where was war still carried on?

A. A remnant of the revolutionary war was still carried on by the Indian tribes, north-west of the Ohio river, directed chiefly against the frontiers of Kentucky.

Q. Who finally defeated the Indians?

A. General Wayne, in 1794; and in 1795 a treaty of peace was concluded with all the hostile tribes, on terms mutually satisfactory.

Q. In what were the United States involved?.

A. they were unexpectedly involved in a foreign war, by the great convulsions of Europe. ',

Q. What is said of the people of France?

A. The people of France, emboldened by the success of the American revolution, had proceeded in their endeavors to establish a popular government, until they had dethroned and beheaded their unhappy king.

Q. What did they look for from America?

A. A return for the aid rendered them by Louis, their deposed king.

Q. Who was sent over to America from France?
A. Mr. Genet.

Q. What is said of Genet's conduct in America?

A. He treated the American republic more like a tributary vassal, than a country holding a high rank among the independent nations.

Q. How was his conduct viewed by the French government?

A. The French government disavowed his proceedings, and sent Mr. Fauchet in his place.

Q. What course did Washington determine to pursue? A. A strict neutrality.

Q. Who succeeded General Washington, as President of the United States?

A. John Adams, of Massachusetts.

Q. In what year did he succeed him?

A. In the year 1797.

Q. Who, at the same time, was elected Vice-President? A. Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia.

Q. How long had Washington been President?

A. Two terms, or eight years.

Q. Did Congress raise an army, on account of our disputes with France?

A. They did.

Q. Who was called to the command ?

A. General Washington.

Q. What was the result of the decisive conduct of the United States?

A. France soon made overtures of peace.

Q. What naval battles were fought, after orders had been given for capturing French armed vessels ?

A. Commodore Truxtun, commanding the frigate Constellation, captured two French frigates, of superior force. Q. When were these captures made?

A. In the year 1799.

Q. Were the disputes with France adjusted in an amicable manner?

A. They were; and a new treaty concluded.

Q. When and where did Washington die?

A. He died on the 14th of December, 1799, at Mount Vernon, in the 68th year of his age.

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FOUNDING OF WASHINGTON-WAR WITH TRIPOLI. Q. What had Washington advised, in regard to the seat of government?

A. That it should be removed to a more central situation than Philadelphia or New-York.

Q. When was the seat of government removed to Washington?

A. In the year 1800, and Congress met here in December for the first time.

Q. How is Washington situated?

Q. From which city were the public offices removed? A. Philadelphia.

Q. How long had Philadelphia been the seat of government?

A. Ten years.

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