President:
Pres: (Articles of Confederation) John Hancock
Pres: (Articles of Confederation) Nathaniel Gorham
General
- Finance: US adopts coins based on Spanish dollar
- Land: Eastern US states cede western land claims
- Native Americans: Treaties with Chocktaw, Chickasaw and Shawnee
East
- Maryland: Annapolis convention under Madison and Hamilton
- Massachusetts: Rebellion of Daniel Shays against government to 1787
South
- South Carolina: Charleston Golf Club founded
- Virginia: Statute of Religious Liberty written by Jefferson