| 1789 |
- George Washington inaugurated first president.
- French Revolution begins.
- First Congress meets.
- Fort Washington erected in western Ohio.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 1793 |
- Anglo-French Wars commence in Europe.
- Washington issues Neutrality Proclamation.
- Eli Whitney invents cotton gin.
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| 1794 |
- Whiskey Rebellion.
- Battle of Fallen Timbers.
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| 1795 |
- Treaty of Greenville.
- Jay Treaty.
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| 1796 |
- John Adams elected president.
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| 1797 |
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| 1798 |
- Quasi-War with France erupts.
- Alien and Sedition Acts.
- Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions.
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| 1800 |
- Thomas Jefferson elected president.
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