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| 1789 |
| | | George Washington, unanimously elected first president of the United States, is inaugurated on Wall Street in New York | |
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| 1790 |
| | | The Potomac is chosen as the navigable river on which the new US capital city will be sited | |
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| 1791 |
| | | The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, are ratified by the states | |
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| 1792 |
| | | George Washington is unanimously elected for a second term as president of the USA | |
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| 1792 |
| | | The first political parties, Hamilton's Federalists and Jefferson's Republicans, emerge in the USA | |
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| 1793 |
| | | George Washington lays the cornerstone for the Congress building on Capitol Hill | |
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| 1794 |
| | | George Washington uses military force to assert government authority on rebels in Pennsylvania refusing to pay a federal tax on whisky | |
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| 1796 |
| | | George Washington selects the Cherokee Indians for an experiment in adaptation to 'civilization' | |
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| 1796 |
| | | George Washington, resisting pressure for him to accept a third presidential term, delivers a farewell address to guide the nation's future | |
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| 1796 |
| | | The election in the USA brings in a Federalist president (John Adams) and a Republican vice-president (Thomas Jefferson) | |
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