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1790 |
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1790 |
Washington, D.C., founded as the capitol of the United States.
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1791 |
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution -
The Bill of Rights - are ratified.
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1792 |
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1793 |
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Erasmus Darwin (Charles' grandfather) publishes Zoonomia,
or the Laws of Organic Life.
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1794 |
Slavery abolished in the French colonies.
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James Hutton's Theory of the Earth published, interpreting
certain geological strata as former sea beds.
Hutton proposes geological theory of gradualism.
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1795 |
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1796 |
George Washington declines a third term as President, gives his
Farewell Address.
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1797 |
John Adams sworn in as the second president of the United States.
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Publication of Thomas Malthus'
Essay on the Principle of Population, a
work that Darwin asserted helped him frame the
principle of evolution by natural selection.
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1798 |
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1799 |
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1800 |
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