Major Acts of Congress from 1789 – 1889 1st Congress (Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 3, 1791): George Washington Congress Citation…
PATRIOT NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER ISAIAH THOMAS (Copyrighted original artwork reprinted with permission from D. W. Roth. Images and custom portraits are available…
MASSACHUSETTS CONSTITUTION OF 1780 – JOHN ADAMS’ BLUEPRINT FOR THE U.S. CONSTITUTION Historians widely agree that James Madison is the…
Crimes Act of 1790: the first federal crimes codified by the first Congress [First Congress, 2nd Session; Ch. 9, 1…
The Quebec Act of 1774 [14 Geo. III c. 83] “An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government…
BOSTON HABOR ACT of 1774 [14 Geo. III c. 19] “An act to discontinue, in such manner, and for or…
Copyright Act of 1790 (First Copyright Act adopted by the First Congress) [1st Congress, 2nd Sess., Chapter XV; Stat. 124-126]…
THE WHISKEY TAX of 1791 – the first federal internal tax and the predictable Whiskey Rebellion: [1st Congress, 3rd Sess.,…
VERMONT’S PERSONAL LIBERTY LAW – An example of Northern resistance to the federal Fugitive Slave Law: In an effort to…
FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT OF 1793 – A constitutionally authorized law that bitterly divided the nation leading into the Civil War…