President:
Pres: (Articles of Confederation) Thomas Mifflin
Pres: (Articles of Confederation) Richard Henry Lee
General
- Natives: Treaty between US and Six Nations
- Religion: First Anglican bishop in the colonies
East
- Connecticut: Gradual emancipation laws passed
- New York: School system established
- Pennsylvania: First US newspaper published in Philadelphia
- Rhode Island: Gradual emancipation laws passed
Midwest
South
- Franklin: State of Franklin proclaimed - secedes from North Carolina to 1788 - considered part of Tennessee territory
- Virginia: Thomas Jefferson's land ordinance passed
West and Pacific
- Alaska: Russia establishes settlement in Kodiak