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1794
March 14 - Eli Whitney is granted a patent for his cotton gin.
March 22 - A bill banning slave trade with foreign nations is passed by Congress.
March 23 - The rivet is patented by J. G. Pierson.
March 26 - The U.S. Navy is established by Congress.
May 1 - The first trade union in America is formed -- the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers -- (shoemakers).