THE NEW NATION
1. 1789
-------- States ratify Bill of Rights; Bank of the United States chartered; Congress passes whiskey tax Jay Treaty George Washington inaugurated first president; first Congress meets; French Revolution begins John Adams elected president Quasi-War with France erupts; Alien and Sedition Acts; Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions Anglo-French Wars commence in Europe; Washington issues Neutrality Proclamation Whiskey Rebellion Thomas Jefferson elected president Congress approves Hamilton’s debt plan; national capital moved to Philadelphia XYZ Affair
2. 1790
-------- States ratify Bill of Rights; Bank of the United States chartered; Congress passes whiskey tax Jay Treaty George Washington inaugurated first president; first Congress meets; French Revolution begins John Adams elected president Quasi-War with France erupts; Alien and Sedition Acts; Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions Anglo-French Wars commence in Europe; Washington issues Neutrality Proclamation Whiskey Rebellion Thomas Jefferson elected president Congress approves Hamilton’s debt plan; national capital moved to Philadelphia XYZ Affair
3. 1791
-------- States ratify Bill of Rights; Bank of the United States chartered; Congress passes whiskey tax Jay Treaty George Washington inaugurated first president; first Congress meets; French Revolution begins John Adams elected president Quasi-War with France erupts; Alien and Sedition Acts; Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions Anglo-French Wars commence in Europe; Washington issues Neutrality Proclamation Whiskey Rebellion Thomas Jefferson elected president Congress approves Hamilton’s debt plan; national capital moved to Philadelphia XYZ Affair
4. 1793
-------- States ratify Bill of Rights; Bank of the United States chartered; Congress passes whiskey tax Jay Treaty George Washington inaugurated first president; first Congress meets; French Revolution begins John Adams elected president Quasi-War with France erupts; Alien and Sedition Acts; Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions Anglo-French Wars commence in Europe; Washington issues Neutrality Proclamation Whiskey Rebellion Thomas Jefferson elected president Congress approves Hamilton’s debt plan; national capital moved to Philadelphia XYZ Affair
5. 1794
-------- States ratify Bill of Rights; Bank of the United States chartered; Congress passes whiskey tax Jay Treaty George Washington inaugurated first president; first Congress meets; French Revolution begins John Adams elected president Quasi-War with France erupts; Alien and Sedition Acts; Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions Anglo-French Wars commence in Europe; Washington issues Neutrality Proclamation Whiskey Rebellion Thomas Jefferson elected president Congress approves Hamilton’s debt plan; national capital moved to Philadelphia XYZ Affair
6. 1795
-------- States ratify Bill of Rights; Bank of the United States chartered; Congress passes whiskey tax Jay Treaty George Washington inaugurated first president; first Congress meets; French Revolution begins John Adams elected president Quasi-War with France erupts; Alien and Sedition Acts; Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions Anglo-French Wars commence in Europe; Washington issues Neutrality Proclamation Whiskey Rebellion Thomas Jefferson elected president Congress approves Hamilton’s debt plan; national capital moved to Philadelphia XYZ Affair
7. 1796
-------- States ratify Bill of Rights; Bank of the United States chartered; Congress passes whiskey tax Jay Treaty George Washington inaugurated first president; first Congress meets; French Revolution begins John Adams elected president Quasi-War with France erupts; Alien and Sedition Acts; Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions Anglo-French Wars commence in Europe; Washington issues Neutrality Proclamation Whiskey Rebellion Thomas Jefferson elected president Congress approves Hamilton’s debt plan; national capital moved to Philadelphia XYZ Affair
8. 1797
-------- States ratify Bill of Rights; Bank of the United States chartered; Congress passes whiskey tax Jay Treaty George Washington inaugurated first president; first Congress meets; French Revolution begins John Adams elected president Quasi-War with France erupts; Alien and Sedition Acts; Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions Anglo-French Wars commence in Europe; Washington issues Neutrality Proclamation Whiskey Rebellion Thomas Jefferson elected president Congress approves Hamilton’s debt plan; national capital moved to Philadelphia XYZ Affair
9. 1798
-------- States ratify Bill of Rights; Bank of the United States chartered; Congress passes whiskey tax Jay Treaty George Washington inaugurated first president; first Congress meets; French Revolution begins John Adams elected president Quasi-War with France erupts; Alien and Sedition Acts; Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions Anglo-French Wars commence in Europe; Washington issues Neutrality Proclamation Whiskey Rebellion Thomas Jefferson elected president Congress approves Hamilton’s debt plan; national capital moved to Philadelphia XYZ Affair
10. 1800
-------- States ratify Bill of Rights; Bank of the United States chartered; Congress passes whiskey tax Jay Treaty George Washington inaugurated first president; first Congress meets; French Revolution begins John Adams elected president Quasi-War with France erupts; Alien and Sedition Acts; Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions Anglo-French Wars commence in Europe; Washington issues Neutrality Proclamation Whiskey Rebellion Thomas Jefferson elected president Congress approves Hamilton’s debt plan; national capital moved to Philadelphia XYZ Affair