| •1783 | Continental Army officers threaten to mutiny |
| •1784 | Treaty of Fort Stanwix |
| •1785 | Northwest Ordinance passed |
| Annapolis Convention |
| •1786–1787 | Shays's Rebellion |
| •1787 | Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia |
| Northwest Ordinance revised |
| •1788 | U.S. Constitution ratified |
| •1789 | Alexander Hamilton named secretary of the treasury |
| Judiciary Act of 1789 passed |
| •1789–1799 | French Revolution |
| •1790–1794 | Little Turtle leads pan-Indian alliance in the Ohio valley |
| •1791 | Bill of Rights ratified |
| •1793 | Neutrality Proclamation |
| Yellow fever epidemic paralyzes U.S. capital in Philadelphia |
| 1794 | Whiskey Rebellion |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church founded |
| •1796 | Jay Treaty and Pinckney Treaty ratified |
| Democratic-Republican Party established |
| •1798 | Alien and Sedition Acts passed |