Timeline of United States history (1790–1819)

This section of the Timeline of United States history concerns events from 1790 to 1819.

1790s

*1790 - Rhode Island ratifies the constitution
*1791 - Bill of Rights ratified
*1791 - First Bank of the United States chartered
*1791 - Vermont, formerly part of New York, ratifies the constitution
*1792 - Kentucky, formerly part of Virginia, becomes the 15th state
*1792 - Samuel Slater creates first European designed factory
*1792 - U.S. presidential election, 1792:
*1793 - Eli Whitney invents cotton gin
*1793 - Fugitive Slave Act passed
*1793 - "Chisholm v. Georgia" 2 US 419 1793 paves way for passage of 11th Amendment
*1794 - Whiskey Rebellion
*1794 - Battle of Fallen Timbers
*1795 - Treaty of Greenville
*1795 - Jay Treaty
*1795 - 11th Amendment
*1796 - Tennessee, formerly part of North Carolina, becomes a state
*1796 - Pinckney's Treaty
*1796 - Treaty with Tripoli
*1796 - U.S. presidential election, 1796
*1797 - John Adams (Federalist) inaugurated, Jefferson (Republican) Vice-President
*1797 - XYZ Affair
*1798 - Alien and Sedition Acts
*1798 - Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
*1799 - George Washington dies
*1799 - Fries Uprising
*1799 - Logan Act

1800s

*1800 - Library of Congress founded
*1800 - U.S. presidential election, 1800: Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tie in the Electoral College.
*1801 - Thomas Jefferson elected President by the House of Representatives.
*1801 - President Adams appoints John Marshall Chief Justice
*1803 - "Marbury v. Madison" (5 US 137 1803) allows U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate law passed by the United States Congress for first time: the Judiciary Act of 1789
*1803 - Louisiana Purchase Treaty
*1803 - Ohio, formerly part of Connecticut, becomes a state
*1804 - 12th Amendment
*1804 - New Jersey abolishes slavery
*1804 - Burr-Hamilton duel
*1804 - Lewis and Clark set out
*1804 -U.S. presidential election, 1804
*1807 - Embargo Act of 1807
*1807 - Robert Fulton invents steamboat
*1808 - U.S. slave trade with Africa ends
*1808 - U.S. presidential election, 1808
*1809 - James Madison becomes President
*1809 - Non-Intercourse Act

1810s

*1810 - "Fletcher v. Peck" 10 US 87 1810 marks first time U.S. Supreme Court invalidates state legislative act
*1811 - First Bank of the United States expires
*1812 - The War of 1812, an offshoot of the Napoleonic Wars, begins
*1812 - Daniel Webster elected to the United States Congress
*1812 - Louisiana becomes a state
*1812 - U.S. presidential election, 1812
*1814 - The British burn Washington, but are forced back at Baltimore.
*1814 - Treaty of Ghent settles War of 1812
*1815 - Battle of New Orleans
*1816 - Indiana becomes a state
*1816 - Second Bank of the United States chartered
*1816 - U.S. presidential election, 1816
*1817 - James Monroe becomes President
*1817 - Rush-Bagot Treaty
*1817 - Harvard Law School founded
*1817 - Mississippi becomes a state
*1818 - Cumberland Road opened
*1818 - Illinois becomes a state
*1818 - Jackson Purchase in Kentucky
*1819 - Panic of 1819
*1819 - Adams-Onís Treaty, including acquisition of Florida
*1819 - "McCulloch v. Maryland" 17 US 316 1819 prohibits state laws from infringing upon Federal constitutional authority
*1819 - "Dartmouth College v. Woodward" 17 US 518 1819 protects principle of honoring contracts and charters
*1819 - Alabama becomes a state

timeline
before=1760-1789
title=Timeline of United States history
years=1790–1819
after=1820-1859