| A | B |
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| 1777 | The Articles of Confederation are adopted by the Second Continental Congress. |
| 1781 | The Articles of Confederation are ratified. Battle of Yorktown |
| 1783 | Treaty of Paris |
| 1785 | Land Ordinance of 1785 |
| 1786 | Shays' Rebellion, Annapolis Convention |
| 1787 | Northwest Ordinance, The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia |
| 1788 | Jay, Madison, and Hamilton write The Federalist Papers. 9 of the 13 states ratify the Constitution. |
| 1789 | French Revolution begins when the Bastille is stormed. |
| 1790 | First official census |
| 1791 | Bill of Rights are ratified |
| 1793 | Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (France vs. Britain) |
| 1795 | Pinckney's Treaty with Spain and the Jay Treaty |
| 1796 | Washington's Farewell Address |
| 1797 | XYZ Affair? Quasi War with France (1798-1800) |
| 1798 | Alien and Sedition Acts passed. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions. |
| 1800 | Election of 1800- Jefferson defeats Adams and Aaron Burr ("Revolution of 1800") |
| 1801 | Judiciary Act of 1801, Adams' nomination of the "midnight judges" |
| 1803 | Marbury v. Madison (1803), Louisiana Purchase |
| 1807 | Chesapeake- Leopard Affair, Embargo Act |
| 1809 | Embargo Act repealed? Non-Intercourse Act |
| 1811 | Battle of Tippecanoe, The Twelfth Congress comes to power: includes many "War Hawks" |
| 1812 | Beginning of the War of 1812 |
| 1814 | Burning of Washington D.C. and Treaty of Ghent signed ending the War of 1812 |
| 1815 | Battle of New Orleans |
| 1816-1824 | The Era of Good Feelings |
| 1816 | The American System, Tariff of 1816, Second Bank of the United States chartered |
| 1819 | Panic of 1819, Spain cedes Florida to the United States (Adams-Onis Treaty) |
| 1820 | Missouri Compromise |
| 1823 | The Monroe Doctrine |
