January 14 – U.S. Secretary of the TreasuryAlexander Hamilton submits his proposed plan for payment of American debts, starting with $12,000,000 to pay the foreign debts of the confederation, followed by $40 million for domestic debts, and $21.5 million for the war debts of the states. The plan was narrowly approved 14–12 in the Senate and 34–28 in the House.[12]
May 26 – Congress passes an act to govern the creation of states from the "Southwest Territory", from which Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi will be formed.[12]
June 20 –Compromise of 1790: Thomas Jefferson,James Madison, andAlexander Hamilton come to an agreement: Madison agrees to not be "strenuous" in opposition for the assumption of state debts by the federal government; Hamilton agrees to support the capital site being above the Potomac.
July 10 – The U.S. House of Representatives votes, 32–29 to approve creating the District of Columbia from portions of Maryland and Virginia for the eventual seat of government and national capital.[12]
July 16 – U.S. President George Washington signs theResidence Act into law, establishing a site along thePotomac River as theDistrict of Columbia and the future site of thecapital of the United States. The move comes after the bill is narrowly approved on July 1 by the Senate, 14 to 12, and on July 9 by the House, 32 to 29.[14] At the same time, plans are made to move the national capital from New York to Philadelphia until the Potomac River site can be completed.
February 8 – TheBank of the United States, based in Philadelphia, is incorporated by the federal government with a 20-year charter and started with $10,000,000 capital.[12]
March 4 –Vermont joins the Union as the 14th State.[1]
September 9 – The capital of the United States, Washington, D.C., is named after the incumbent 1st PresidentGeorge Washington.
November 4 –St. Clair's Defeat, the worst loss suffered by the United States Army in fighting against American Indians, takes place in what is nowMercer County, Ohio.Miami fighters led by ChiefMihsihkinaahkwa (Little Turtle) and byShawnee warriors commanded by War ChiefWeyapiersenwah (Blue Jacket) rout the forces of GeneralArthur St. Clair and kill 630 U.S. soldiers, along with hundreds of civilians.[15]
April 5 – United States PresidentGeorge Washington vetoes a bill designed to apportion representatives among U.S. states. This is the first time the presidential veto is used in the United States.
June 1 –Kentucky joins the Union as the 15th State.[1]
November 6 – The second United States presidential election is held. Incumbent PresidentGeorge Washington receives all 132 electoral votes for president, and incumbent Vice PresidentJohn Adams is re-elected with 77 of 132 votes, withGeorge Clinton receiving 50.[12]
December 3 –George Washington is re-elected President of the United States.
February 13 – A joint session of congress counted the Electoral College votes and elected George Washington to a second term, once again with a unanimous victory.[16]
February 25 –George Washington holds the first Cabinet meeting as President of the United States.
January 13 – The U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United States flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes, in recognition of the recent admission ofVermont andKentucky as the 14th and 15th states.[18] A subsequent act restores the number of stripes to 13, but provides for additional stars upon the admission of each additional state.
February 11 – The first session of theUnited States Senate is open to the public.
March 26 – The U.S. lays a 60-day embargo on all shipping to and from Great Britain.[19]
March 27 – The United States Government authorizes the building of the first sixUnited States Navy vessels (in 1797 the first three frigates,United States,Constellation (1797) andConstitution go into service), not to be confused with October 13, 1775, which is observed as the Navy's Birthday.
March 27 – The U.S. Senate passes a rule ending its policy of closing all of its sessions to the public.[19]
October 4 – In the first and only instance of an incumbent United States president leading men into battle,George Washington arrives atCarlisle, Pennsylvania to guide the U.S. Army's suppression of theWhiskey Rebellion.[20] The rebels soon disperse and the insurrection collapses by the end of the month.
November 19 – The United States and Great Britain conclude theJay Treaty, the basis for ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.[19]
August 14 – President Washington signs the Jay Treaty with Britain on behalf of the United States.[21]
September 5 – The United States signs a treaty with theDey of Algiers, ruled by Baba Hassan, pledging the payment of $23,000 a year tribute to prevent piracy against American ships.[21]
October 20 – The United States signs a treaty with Spain, opening commerce along the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, and establishing boundaries between U.S. territory and Spanish Florida.[21]
October 27 – The United States and Spain sign theTreaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries betweenSpanish colonies and the U.S.
February 29 – Ratifications of theJay Treaty between Great Britain and the United States are officially exchanged, bringing it into effect.[22]
March 20 – The U.S. House of Representatives demands that the U.S. State Department supply it with documents relating to the negotiation of the Jay Treaty; President Washington declines the request, citing that only the U.S. Senate has jurisdiction over treaties.[22]
June 1 –Tennessee joins the Union as the 16th State.[1]
July 11 – The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain, under the terms of theJay Treaty.
^abcdeHarper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909, ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p168-169
^abcdefghijHarper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909, ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p169
^Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909, ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p170
^"Flag of the United States".The Port Folio (July 1818) p. 18.
^abcdeLossing, Benson John; Wilson, Woodrow, eds. (1910).Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1909. Harper & Brothers. p. 170.
^Hogeland, William (2015).The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty. Simon and Schuster. p. 213.
^abcdHarper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909, ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p170-171
^abHarper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909, ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p171.
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