During its first quarter century, the new United States government had to find its way in the world while attending to the nation’s business. Leaders met with Indian nations and faced often-hostile relations with European powers while coping with conflicts between emerging political parties and working out relationships among the three new branches of government.
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A pioneer's log cabin, ca. 1810
Reproduced from Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase, by O. Turner, General Collections, Library of Congress