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. On March 4 1865 Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address in it he deemed the endless casualties to be God's will Historian Mark Noll claims this speech to rank "among the small handful of semi-sacred texts by which Americans conceive their place in the world".:426 Lincoln said:! Mexico showing no willingness to come to the Nueces to drive the invaders from her soil it became necessary for the "invaders" to approach to within a convenient distance to be struck Accordingly preparations were begun for moving the army to the Rio Grande to a point near Matamoras [sic] it was desirable to occupy a position near the largest centre of population possible to reach without absolutely invading territory to which we set up no claim whatever, 5.2 Constitutional Convention 1787 Before returning to private life in June 1783 Washington called for a strong union Though he was concerned that he might be criticized for meddling in civil matters he sent a circular letter to all the states maintaining that the Articles of Confederation was no more than "a rope of sand" linking the states He believed that the nation was on the verge of "anarchy and confusion" was vulnerable to foreign intervention and that a national constitution would unify the states under a strong central government. When Shays' Rebellion erupted in Massachusetts on August 29 1786 over taxation Washington was further convinced that a national constitution was needed. Some nationalists feared that the new republic had descended into lawlessness and they met together on September 11 1786 at Annapolis to ask Congress to revise the Articles of Confederation One of their biggest efforts however was getting Washington to attend. Congress agreed to a Constitutional Convention to be held in Philadelphia in Spring 1787 and each state was to send delegates. .

! . Washington played a central role before and during the American Revolution His disdain for the British military had begun when he was abashedly passed over for promotion into the Regular Army He was opposed to the continuing taxes imposed by the British Parliament on the Colonies without proper representation. He and other colonists were also angered by the Royal Proclamation of 1763 which banned American settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains and protected the British fur trade, Burning of the Gaspee, Presidency The percentage of families that owned slaves in 1860 in various groupings of states was as follows:. 14.5 Memory and historiography To prevent this Arlington held a referendum through which voters petitioned Congress and the state of Virginia to return the portion of the District of Columbia south of the Potomac River (Alexandria County) to Virginia On July 9 1846 Congress retroceded Alexandria County to Virginia after which the District's slave traders relocated to Alexandria.:292 the District's slave trade was outlawed in the Compromise of 1850 the penalty for bringing a slave into the District for sale was freedom for the slave. Southern senators and congressmen resisted banning slavery altogether in the District to avoid setting a precedent the practice remained legal in the District until after secession with the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act signed by Lincoln on April 16 1862 which established the annual observance of Emancipation Day. 3 Role in Government As a respected military hero and large landowner Washington held local offices and was elected to the Virginia provincial legislature representing Frederick County in the House of Burgesses for seven years beginning in 1758. He plied the voters with beer brandy and other beverages although he was absent while serving on the Forbes Expedition. He won election with roughly 40 percent of the vote defeating three other candidates with the help of several local supporters He rarely spoke in his early legislative career but he became a prominent critic of Britain's taxation and mercantilist policies in the 1760s! .