Timeline - 1784 to 1800
1787-05-25 | Constitutional Convention meets in Philadelphia |
1789-04-30 | George Washington Sworn In as First President of the United States |
1790-12-06 | Capital Moves to Philadelphia |
1791-12-15 | Ratification of the Bill of Rights |
1796-09-17 | Washington Retires |
1798-06-18 | Congress Passes First of the Alien and Sedition Acts |
1801-02-17 | Thomas Jefferson Elected Third President |