Table : 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.
  • Battle of Fallen Timbers.
1795
  • Treaty of Greenville.
  • Jay Treaty.
1796
  • John Adams elected president.
1797
  • XYZ affair.
1798
  • Quasi-War with France erupts.
  • Alien and Sedition Acts.
  • Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions.
1800
  • Thomas Jefferson elected president.