Nov. 18—Gen. Philip Schuyler died at Albany, N. Y.
Jefferson was re-elected President in this month.
1805.
Great commercial prosperity marked this period. France and England were at war and most of the carrying trade fell to American vessels. The peaceful acquisition of Louisiana, and the prosperity of the west in consequence, contributed much to the development of the country. The grand era of progress in the United States began to dawn, though overcast by threatening difficulties with Spain and England.
March—Chief Justice Chase having been impeached by the House of Representatives, was acquitted by the Senate.
” 4—Jefferson’s second inauguration as President.
June 3—A treaty of peace made with Tripoli.
A Territorial Legislature is authorized in the Territory of Orleans, and the Territory of Louisiana organized.
June 11—The Territory of Michigan is organized. It was very thinly settled, but separated by so great a distance from the inhabited parts of Indiana Territory as to require a separate government.
July 4—Large cessions of land are obtained, by treaty and purchase, from the Indians. Most of their lands in Ohio, Indiana, and along the Ohio River were acquired in an equitable manner. Large cessions are obtained this year from the Creeks and Cherokees, who received a fair equivalent.