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    January 12 – Holy Roman troops reenter Liège, heralding the end of the Liège Revolution, and the restoration of its Prince-Bishops. January 25 – The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act 1791, splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.

  2. March 4 – Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state (see History of Vermont). March 5 – Thomas Chittenden is inaugurated as the first governor of Vermont. March 9 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant arrives in Georgetown and begins designing the federal capital city. March 30 – District of Columbia is established.

  3. 1790 – Rhode Island ratifies the Constitution and becomes 13th state. 1791 – The Bill of Rights, comprising the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is adopted. [1] 1791 – First Bank of the United States chartered. 1791 – Vermont becomes the 14th state [2] (formerly the independent Vermont Republic)

  4. 1791 ( MDCCXCI ) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1791st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 791st year of the 2nd millennium, the 91st year of the 18th century, and the 2nd year of the 1790s decade.

  5. The First United States Congress, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, met from March 4, 1789, to March 4, 1791. This was during the first two years of George Washington's presidency.

  6. Jul 10, 2024 · Ten of the proposed 12 amendments were ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures on December 15, 1791. The ratified Articles (Articles 3–12) constitute the first 10 amendments of the Constitution, or the U.S. Bill of Rights.

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  8. These states are presented in the order each ratified the 1787 Constitution, thus joining the present federal Union of states. The date of admission listed for other states is the official date made by Act of Congress.

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