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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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| 1800 |
| | | US president John Adams moves into the newly completed White House, named for its light grey limestone | |
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| 1800 |
| | | Republican Thomas Jefferson and Federalist Aaron Burr have an identical number of Electoral College votes in the US presidential election | |
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| 1801 |
| | | The US House of Representatives votes for Jefferson as president, after a dead heat between him and Burr in the Electoral College | |
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| 1803 |
| | | In the Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson buys from Napoleon nearly a million square miles at a knock-down price, doubling the size of the USA | |
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