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Soltow, Lee (1987). "The Distribution of Income in the United States in 1798: Estimates Based on the Federal Housing Inventory". The Review of Economics and Statistics. 69 (1): 181– 185. doi:10.2307/1937921. JSTOR 1937921. Ray, Thomas M. (1983). ""Not One Cent for Tribute": The Public Addresses and American Popular Reaction to the XYZ Affair ...
1798 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1798th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 798th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1790s decade. As of the start of 1798, the ...
1798 – Alien and Sedition Acts [11] 1798 – the Quasi-War starts; 1798 and 1799 – Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions [12] 1798 – Charles Brockden Brown's novel Wieland published; 1799 – Charles Brockden Brown's novel Edgar Huntly published; 1799 – Fries's Rebellion; 1799 – Logan Act; 1799 – George Washington dies
27 May – Pitt–Tierney duel takes place on Putney Heath outside London.The Prime Minister William Pitt fights a duel against the opposition politician George Tierney; 2 July – the Marine Police Force is formed on the River Thames by magistrate Patrick Colquhoun to prevent pilfering in the Port of London and West India Docks; [2] it is the first organised police force in Britain.
1798: The Irish Rebellion fails to overthrow British rule in Ireland. 1798–1800: The Quasi-War is fought between the United States and France. 1799: Napoleon stages a coup d'état and becomes First Consul of France. 1799: Dutch East India Company is dissolved.
Under Washington and Adams, the Federalists had established a strong government, but sometimes it followed policies that alienated the citizenry. In 1798, in order to pay for the rapidly expanding army and navy, the Federalists had enacted a new tax on houses, land and slaves, affecting every property owner in the country.
The Alien and Sedition Acts were a set of four laws enacted in 1798 that applied restrictions to immigration and speech in the United States. [a] The Naturalization Act of 1798 increased the requirements to seek citizenship, the Alien Friends Act of 1798 allowed the president to imprison and deport non-citizens, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 gave the president additional powers to detain non ...
The decision of 1798 was a complex mixture of geostrategic, economic, political and personal interests, dressed up with the ideals of the French Revolution. [8] Napoleon regarded the capture of Egypt as the most important step to neutralise the massive economic advantages that Great Britain derived from trade with India and to force Great ...