1798 in the United States
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1770s  1780s  – 1790s –  1800s  1810s
Years:	1795 1796 1797 – 1798 – 1799 1800 1801
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Events from the year 1798 in the United States.

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• April 7 – The Mississippi Territory is organized from territory ceded by Georgia and South Carolina and is later twice expanded to include disputed territory claimed by both the U.S. and Spain.
• July 7 – Quasi-War: The United States Congress rescinds treaties with France, sparking the war.
• July 11 – The United States Marine Corps is (re-?)established.
• July 14 – The Alien and Sedition Acts become United States law, making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.
• July 16 – The Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen Act is signed into law, creating the Marine Hospital Service, the forerunner to the current United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
• August 31/September 1 – The first bank robbery in United States history takes place at the Bank of Pennsylvania at Carpenters' Hall during the night or early morning. The robbers accessed the vault using a key and took US$162,821.^[1]

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• Eli Whitney contracts with the U.S. federal government for 10,000 rifles, which he produces with interchangeable parts.

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• Media related to 1798 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons