The time after the Revolutionary War was a time of growth and expansion for the government and borders of the United States. Here you can learn about important events and changes in American history after the Revolutionary War.
President Jefferson sent a couple of his representatives over to France to buy the city of New Orleans. What he got was the Louisiana Purchase, a patch of land that nearly doubled the size of the young nation. See more »
Dinwiddie, Robert (1693–1770), a British colonial administrator in America. He was governor (official title: lieutenant governor) of Virginia, 1751–58.
See more »Stockton, Robert Field (1795–1866), a United States naval officer and public official.
See more »Shays' Rebellion , 1786–87, an uprising of debt-ridden farmers in western Massachusetts.
See more »Franklin, State of, a part of present-day Tennessee that claimed to be a separate state during 1784–88.
See more »Hutchinson, Thomas (1711–1780), a royal governor of colonial Massachusetts. A descendant of Anne Hutchinson, he was born in Boston and graduated from Harvard.
See more »War of 1812, a war between the United States and Great Britain, 181215. Neither nation won a clear victory, and the hopes of many Americans that Canada would be annexed to the United States were dashed.
See more »Whiskey Rebellion, 1794, in United States history, a revolt in Pennsylvania over the federal excise laws.
See more »Walker, William (1824–1860), a United States filibuster, or military adventurer, who sought to build an empire in Central America.
See more »XYZ Affair, a diplomatic controversy between the United States and France, 1797–98, that led to an undeclared naval war.
See more »Yazoo Fraud, a land scandal in Georgia that stirred bitter political controversy for nearly 20 years.
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