CHRONOLOGY

1789

  • George Washington inaugurated first president.

  • French Revolution begins.

  • First Congress meets.

  • Fort Washington erected in western Ohio.

    • 1790

  • Congress approves Hamilton’s debt plan.

  • Judith Sargent Murray publishes “On the Equality of the Sexes.”

  • National capital moved to Philadelphia.

  • Indians in Ohio defeat General Josiah Harmar.

    • 1791

  • States ratify Bill of Rights.

  • Bank of the United States chartered.

  • Ohio Indians defeat General Arthur St. Clair.

  • Congress passes whiskey tax.

  • Haitian Revolution begins.

  • Hamilton issues Report on Manufactures.

    • 1793

  • Anglo-French Wars commence in Europe.

  • Washington issues Neutrality Proclamation.

  • Eli Whitney invents cotton gin.

    • 1794

  • Whiskey Rebellion protests excise tax.

  • Battle of Fallen Timbers fought.

    • 1795

  • Treaty of Greenville signed.

  • Jay Treaty approved by Congress.

    • 1796

  • John Adams elected president.

    • 1797

  • XYZ affair hurts U.S. relationship with France.

    • 1798

  • Quasi-War with France erupts.

  • Alien and Sedition Acts passed.

  • Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions passed.

    • 1800

  • Thomas Jefferson elected president.