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Creole case (1841) Commodore Matthew C Perry led a detachment of seven vessels along the northern coast of Tabasco state Perry arrived at the Tabasco River (now known as the Grijalva River) on October 22 1846 and seized the town Port of Frontera along with two of their ships Leaving a small garrison he advanced with his troops towards the town of San Juan Bautista (Villahermosa today) Perry arrived in the city of San Juan Bautista on October 25 seizing five Mexican vessels Colonel Juan Bautista Traconis Tabasco Departmental commander at that time set up barricades inside the buildings Perry realized that the bombing of the city would be the only option to drive out the Mexican Army and to avoid damage to the merchants of the city withdrew its forces preparing them for the next day. Washington played a key role in the adoption and ratification of the Constitution and was then elected president by the Electoral College in the first two elections He implemented a strong well-financed national government while remaining impartial in a fierce rivalry between cabinet members Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton During the French Revolution he proclaimed a policy of neutrality while sanctioning the Jay Treaty He set enduring precedents for the office of president including the title "President of the United States" and his Farewell Address is widely regarded as a pre-eminent statement on republicanism, Gunning Bedford Jr. Delaware 1 Yes 1.1 Louisiana 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:. Jefferson Adams Jay and Franklin all acquired significant political experience as ministers to countries in Europe Portrait of Seneca Chief Sagoyewatha Washington's peace emissary. . Abolition and emancipation The Amistad Crime Carter Braxton Virginia 1 Yes Early life In 1845 Texas agreed to the offer of annexation by the US Congress and became the 28th state on December 29 1845. . .

. . . Formal portrait of Chief Justice John Jay wearing judge's robe, See also: District of Columbia retrocession and Washington D.C. in the American Civil War, Movement of slaves between 1790 and 1860. Main articles: Townshend Acts and Tea Act A delegation including John Adams and Benjamin Franklin met British admiral Richard Howe on Staten Island in New York Harbor on September 11 in what became known as the Staten Island Peace Conference Howe demanded that the Americans retract the Declaration of Independence which they refused to do and negotiations ended the British then seized New York City and nearly captured Washington's army They made New York their main political and military base of operations holding it until November 1783 the city became the destination for Loyalist refugees and a focal point of Washington's intelligence network, William Clingan Pennsylvania 1 Yes Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais Brazil (1897) Bicentennial logo; The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) operates the Washington Metro the city's rapid transit system as well as Metrobus Both systems serve the District and its suburbs Metro opened on March 27 1976 and as of July 2014 consists of 91 stations and 117 miles (188 km) of track. With an average of about one million trips each weekday Metro is the second-busiest rapid transit system in the country Metrobus serves over 400,000 riders each weekday and is the nation's fifth-largest bus system the city also operates its own DC Circulator bus system which connects commercial areas within central Washington.