International Organization for Standardization: Geneva The city became the staging area for what became the Manassas Campaign When Brig Gen Irvin McDowell's beaten and demoralized army staggered back into Washington after the stunning Confederate victory at the First Battle of Bull Run the realization came that the war might be prolonged and efforts began to fortify the city in case of a Confederate assault Lincoln knew he had to have a professional and trained army to protect the Capital area and therefore began by organizing the Department on the Potomac on August 4 1861, and the Army of the Potomac 16 days later. Map of New Mexico Territory in 1852 The Albany Congress of 1754 was a conference attended by seven colonies which presaged later efforts at cooperation the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 included representatives from nine colonies. The North Branch between Cumberland Maryland and Ridgeley West Virginia in 2007! Main articles: Crime in Washington D.C and List of law enforcement agencies in the District of Columbia. Four generations of a slave family Smith's Plantation Beaufort South Carolina 1862 4.3 Post-revolution Southern manumissions 6 Lincoln's assassination Three had retired from active economic endeavors: Franklin McHenry and Mifflin; Outbreak of the war The District of Columbia Public Charter School Board monitors the 52 public charter schools in the city. Due to the perceived problems with the traditional public school system enrollment in public charter schools has steadily increased as of fall 2010 D.C charter schools had a total enrollment of about 32,000 a 9% increase from the prior year the District is also home to 92 private schools which enrolled approximately 18,000 students in 2008 the District of Columbia Public Library operates 25 neighborhood locations including the landmark Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library.
1 Course Presidency Main article: Battle of Long Island. 15.2 Surveys of the era Main article: Congressional Research Service In July 1845 Polk sent General Zachary Taylor to Texas and by October 3,500 Americans were on the Nueces River ready to take by force the disputed land Polk wanted to protect the border and also coveted for the U.S the continent clear to the Pacific Ocean At the same time Polk wrote to the American consul in the Mexican territory of Alta California disclaiming American ambitions in California but offering to support independence from Mexico or voluntary accession to the United States and warning that the United States would oppose a British or French takeover. Important thinkers[show] Many places and monuments have been named in honor of Washington most notably the nation's capital Washington D.C the state of Washington is the only state to be named after a president. . The district encompassed three small cities: Alexandria formerly in Virginia Georgetown formerly Maryland and the deliberately planned central core the City of Washington Both the White House and the United States Capitol were already completed and in use by 1800 as called for by the 1791 L'Enfant Plan for the City of Washington although the city was not formally chartered until 1802 Beyond those cities the remainder of the District was farmland organized by the 1801 Act into two counties Washington County D.C east of the Potomac and Alexandria County D.C on the west side encompassing today's Arlington County and the independent city of Alexandria.
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