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USA timeline
Alexander Hamilton becomes secretary of the treasury in the administration of George Washington, whose federalist views he shares
The autobiography of Olaudah Equiano, a slave captured as a child in Africa, becomes a best-seller on both sides of the Atlantic
US painter and author William Dunlap has great success with his comedy The Father; or, American Shandyism
A second great revivalist movement sweeps northeast America, inspired by the earlier example of Jonathan Edwards
The Potomac is chosen as the navigable river on which the new US capital city will be sited
The USA becomes the first nation to establish a regular census as a systematic check on the size of the population
Under the guidance of Alexander Hamilton the First Bank of the United States is established in Philadelphia
An Indian raid on an American military camp beside the Maumee river leaves more than 600 US soldiers dead
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, are ratified by the states
George Washington is unanimously elected for a second term as president of the USA
The first political parties, Hamilton's Federalists and Jefferson's Republicans, emerge in the USA
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin, enormously speeding up the process of separating cotton fibres from the seeds
George Washington lays the cornerstone for the Congress building on Capitol Hill
The US Congress passes Fugitive Slave Laws, enabling southern slave owners to reclaim escaped slaves in northern states
George Washington uses military force to assert government authority on rebels in Pennsylvania refusing to pay a federal tax on whisky
Indian tribes, at peace talks in Fort Greenville, cede much of Ohio to the USA
After the Fort Greenville concessions, the Shawnee leader Tecumseh emerges as a champion of Indian territorial rights
US author Joel Barlow publishes his mock-heroic poem The Hasty Pudding, inspired by a dish eaten in 1793 in France
George Washington selects the Cherokee Indians for an experiment in adaptation to 'civilization'
George Washington, resisting pressure for him to accept a third presidential term, delivers a farewell address to guide the nation's future
The election in the USA brings in a Federalist president (John Adams) and a Republican vice-president (Thomas Jefferson)
US author Charles Brockden Brown publishes Wieland, the first of four novels setting Gothic romance in an American context
Controversial Alien and Sedition Acts are passed by the US Congress as emergency measures in response to the perceived threat of war with France
The Library of Congress, the US national library in all but name, is founded in Washington
US president John Adams moves into the newly completed White House, named for its light grey limestone
