Amendment+XI

**By: Melissa and Patrick**

 * ====Amendment XI, Suits Against States says that citizens are allowed to sue states and states are allowed to sue citizens.====
 * ======This Amendment was proposed on March 4, 1794.======
 * Amendment XI was ratified in 1798, by thirteen states. The thirteen states that ratified it were New York, Rhode Island, Conneticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Virginia, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
 * There were two states that did not ratify this amendment.
 * There were a lot of things going on in the world around the time that the eleventh Amendment was raitfied. In 1789 the French Reveloution began. In 1794 Haiti won it's independence. Also, in 1795 the Jay Treaty with Great Britan was approved. Sometime in 1797 the XYZ affair stirred up anger against France.
 * ======There also was a lot of things going on in the United States while the eleventh Amendment was ratified. in 1788 the United States Constitution was developed and George Washington was inaugurated and elected President. In 1790 Samuel Slater built the first cotton mill. Around 1791 Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution. Also, in 1791 the two political parties, Democrat and Republican, were formed. In 1792 George Washington was reelected President. Sometime in 1793, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. Also, in 1794 the U.S navy was formed and the Whiskey Rebellion started. In 1796 John Adams was elected Predident. In 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts were passed. Sometime in 1800Thomas Jefferson was elected President and the Capital moved to Washington D.C. In 1801 John Marshal was appointed Cheif of Justice in the Supreme Court. Around 1803 the Lousianna Purchase was made. Sometime in 1804 Jefferson was reelected President and the twelfth amendment was ratified. Around 1807 an embargo act against Great Britan was passed. In 1808 James Madison was elected President. Also in 1808 the United States banned importation of slaves. The War of 1812 began. In 1815 the Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812.======
 * ======Amendment XI does not have any sponsors that we know of.======

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