In 1789 the first continental congress of the united states under the constitution met in federal hall. In the same year George Washington was inaugurated as the nation's first president, the department of state,war, treasury, and supreme court were established, and the ten amendments, called the Bill of Rights, were ratified by the states. The following year, George Washington delivered the first state of the union speech to congress, the first consensus of the US was authorized, the first copyrights and patent laws were enacted, the creation of the Coast Guard, the ratification of the boundary treaty with the creek indians, and the federal government returned to Philadelphia allowing new york city and state governments to relocate back to