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Lindert and Williamson argue that this antebellum period is exemplary of what economists Daron Acemoglu Simon Johnson and James A Robinson call "a reversal of fortune". Economist Thomas Sowell in his essay "The Real History of Slavery," confirms the observation made by de Tocqueville by comparing slavery in the United States to slavery in Brazil He notes that slave societies reflected similar economic trends in those and other parts of the world suggesting that the trend Lindert and Williamson identify may have continued until the American Civil War:, Amaravati Andhra Pradesh India (2016) On December 4 1786 Washington was chosen to lead the Virginia delegation but he declined on December 21 He had concerns about the legality of the convention and consulted James Madison Henry Knox and others They persuaded him to attend it however as his presence might induce reluctant states to send delegates and smooth the way for the ratification process. On March 28 Washington told Governor Edmund Randolph that he would attend the convention but made it clear that he was urged to attend. Mexicans and Indians in the annexed territories faced a loss of civil and political rights even though the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo promised U.S citizenship to all Mexican citizens living in the territory of the Mexican Cession the U.S government withheld citizenship from Indians in the southwest until the 1930s although they were citizens under Mexican law.

. The District is not a state and therefore has no voting representation in Congress D.C residents elect a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives currently Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C At-Large) who may sit on committees participate in debate and introduce legislation but cannot vote on the House floor the District has no official representation in the United States Senate Neither chamber seats the District's elected "shadow" representative or senators Unlike residents of U.S territories such as Puerto Rico or Guam which also have non-voting delegates D.C residents are subject to all federal taxes in the financial year 2012 D.C residents and businesses paid $20.7 billion in federal taxes; more than the taxes collected from 19 states and the highest federal taxes per capita, England: Robert Morris Button Gwinnett Washington had planned to resign after his first term but the political strife in the nation convinced him that he should remain in office. He was an able administrator and a judge of talent and character and he talked regularly with department heads to get their advice. He tolerated opposing views despite fears that a democratic system would lead to political violence and he conducted a smooth transition of power to his successor. He remained non-partisan throughout his presidency and opposed the divisiveness of political parties but he favored a strong central government was sympathetic to a Federalist form of government and leery of the Republican opposition.