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First president
George Washington was elected the first president of the United States of America -
French citizens storm the Bastille
The armory and political prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. The prison contained just seven inmates at the time of its storming but was a symbol of abuses by the monarchy; its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution. -
British backed Little Turtle defeats U.S. forces under General Josiah Harmer
Little Turtle was a war chief of a tribe of Native Americans in Florida. He was one of the most successful military commanders of his time and led his force to victory against two American frontier armies in 1790 and 1791. The battle known as St. Clair's Defeat marked the largest defeat of a U.S. Army force during a single battle in all of the U.S.–Native American wars. The loss exceeded any inflicted on the United States by the British in a single battle during the American Revolution -
President Washington issues the Neutrality Proclamation
It was a formal announcement issued by U.S. President George Washington on April 22, 1793, declaring the nation neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain. It threatened legal proceedings against any American providing assistance to any country at war. -
Jays treaty sparks protest thought the United States
United States and Great Britain sighned the treaty on November 19, 1794. Tensions between the two countries had increased since the end of the Revolutionary War over British military posts still located in America's northwestern territory and British interference with American trade and shipping. Jay was only partially successful in getting Britain to meet America's demands and opposition to the treaty in the United States was intense. -
Native leaders sign treaty of Greenville
The Treaty of Greenville was signed on August 3, 1795, at Fort Greenville it followed negotiations after the Native American loss at the Battle of Fallen Timbers a year earlier. It ended the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country and limited strategic parcels of land to the north and west -
The treaty of Greenville ends fighting in the Northwest Territory
War between white American settlers and Native Americans in the area reached a climax in August 1782, when some 200 Native Americans defeated a Kentucky militia force that had ventured north across the Ohio River, in the battle, 146 militiamen were killed. In retribution in early November, a force led by war hero George Clark attacked and burned five Shawnee towns in southern Ohio. -
Pinckney's Treaty reopens the port of New Orleans
Spanish and U.S. negotiators sighed Pinckney’s Treaty, on October 27, 1795. The treaty was an important diplomatic success for the United States. It resolved territorial disputes between the two countries and granted American ships the right to free navigation of the Mississippi River. -
John Adams is elected president
When George Washington refused a third term in 1797, Adams was elected President. In 1797, Adams became the second President of the United States. He was the first President who belonged to a political party. -
George Washington dies in his home
In 1799 George Washington died in his house in Virginia