British seizure of American ships and impressment of American seamen
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Henry Knox got his nickname because he ate an ox's tail. Knox was the first United States Secretary of War from 1789 until 1794.
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1794
There are "official" flags of the United States. The Flag Act of 1794 increased the number of stars and stripes to 15 each from 13 each (accommodating the addition of Vermont and Kentucky). This was the only official flag to have more than 13 stripes. The Flag Act of 1818 would later reduce the number of stripes to 13. Vermont and Kentucky were added as states in 1791 and 1792, respectively, but the flag was not changed to reflect those additions until 1794. After 1794, the flag would not reflect the additions of Tennessee (1796), Ohio (1803), and Louisiana (1812) until the Flag Act of 1818.
The Reign of Terror (5 Sep 1793 – 28 Jul 1794) refers to the French Revolution, and the large number of people who were executed on the guillotine.