Interactive Timeline – 1789-1815

correct incorrect Apr George Washington inaugurated first U.S. president

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Jul 14 Crowds storm Bastille in Paris, beginning French Revolution

correct incorrect Dec Philadelphia becomes U.S. capital city as Washington, DC, is built

correct incorrect Dec Bill of Rights ratified

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Aug Saint-Domingue slave rebellion begins

correct incorrect Apr Washington issues Neutrality Proclamation

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Jan French King Louis XVI executed

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Mar France declares war on Spain

correct incorrect Aug Battle of Fallen Timbers

correct incorrect Sep Washington orders federal military power to put down Whiskey Rebellion

correct incorrect Nov U.S. and British diplomats secretly sign Jay's Treaty

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Feb France outlaws slavery in its colonies

correct incorrect THE WORLD: May Toussaint Louverture switches allegiance from Spanish to French

correct incorrect Jun U.S. Senate ratifies Jay's Treaty with Great Britain

correct incorrect Aug United States signs Treaty of Greenville with representatives from 12 Northwest Indian nations

correct incorrect Oct Pinckney's Treaty (Treaty of San Lorenzo) opens trade on the Mississippi to United States

correct incorrect THE WORLD: May France and Holland ally in Treaty of the Hague

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Jul France and Spain sign peace agreement

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Nov Napoleon Bonaparte and four other "directors" take power in France

correct incorrect Nov John Adams elected president; Thomas Jefferson elected vice president

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Feb France revokes all U.S. treaties

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Aug Spain secretly cedes Louisiana territory to France

correct incorrect Apr President Adams publicizes "XYZ Affair"

correct incorrect Jun-Jul Congress passes Alien and Sedition Acts

correct incorrect Nov Kentucky legislature passes Thomas Jefferson's "Kentucky Resolutions"

correct incorrect Dec Virginia legislature passes James Madison's "Virginia Resolutions"

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Jul Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of the Pyramids in Cairo, Egypt

correct incorrect Feb USS Constellation captures the French frigate L'Insurgente in Caribbean

correct incorrect Feb President Adams invokes "Toussaint's Clause" and aids Toussaint Louverture

correct incorrect Oct President Adams sends new diplomatic mission to France to avoid open war

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Dec Napoleon Bonaparte named First Consul of France

correct incorrect Aug Gabriel's Rebellion betrayed in Richmond, Virginia

correct incorrect Sep United States and France agree to end Quasi-War

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Aug Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland

correct incorrect Jan President Adams appoints John Marshall chief justice of the Supreme Court

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Jul Toussaint Louverture appointed Saint-Domingue governor for life

correct incorrect THE WORLD: France reestablishes slavery on the island of Guadalupe

correct incorrect Feb Supreme Court establishes judicial review in Marbury v. Madison

correct incorrect May United States and France agree on Louisiana Purchase

correct incorrect THE WORLD: May Britain declares war on France

correct incorrect Nov Thomas Jefferson reelected president

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Jan Jacques Dessalines declares independence of Haiti

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Dec Napoleon crowned emperor of France

correct incorrect Jun United States negotiates end to Tripolitan War

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Oct British defeat combined French/Spanish fleet at Battle of Trafalgar

correct incorrect Feb Aaron Burr is arrested for plotting against Spain in American West

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Nov British Orders in Council mandate licensing for all neutral traders

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Dec France's Milan Decree extends blockades to neutral powers

correct incorrect Jan Legislation outlawing the international slave trade becomes U.S. law

correct incorrect Dec James Madison elected president

correct incorrect Dec President Jefferson signs Embargo Act

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Revolutionary movements begin in Mexico

correct incorrect Mar Congress replaces Embargo Act with Non-Intercourse Act

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Dominican Republic declares independence

correct incorrect May Congress replaces Non-Intercourse Act with Macon's Bill No. 2

correct incorrect Nov President Madison opens trade with France and imposes sanctions on Great Britain

correct incorrect Jan Charles Deslondes leads 150-500 slaves and runaways in a violent rebellion outside of New Orleans

correct incorrect Nov William Henry Harris on defeats Shawnee troops at Battle of Tippecanoe

correct incorrect Jun United States declares war on Great Britain

correct incorrect Dec James Madison reelected president; Elbridge Gerry elected vice president

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Sep Napoleon Bonaparte invades Russia

correct incorrect Aug The Red Sticks rebellion ignites Creek War

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Aug Austria breaks from France, declares war

correct incorrect Mar Andrew Jackson puts down Red Sticks Rebellion at Battle of Horseshoe Bend

correct incorrect Aug Washington, DC, burned by British

correct incorrect Dec Treaty of Ghent is signed, ending War of 1812

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Apr Napoleon abdicates power

correct incorrect THE WORLD: May Treaty of Paris ends European war, restores Louis XVIII as King of France

correct incorrect Jan New England Federalists meet in Hartford, Connecticut, to discuss their opposition to War of 1812

correct incorrect Jan British defeated at the Battle of New Orleans

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Nov Treaty of Paris ends Napoleonic Wars