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The United States Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is named after Lincoln the second Navy ship to bear his name, Home Rule Act 1973 2.1.1 Importation of slaves On April 15 Lincoln called on the states to send detachments totaling 75,000 troops to recapture forts protect Washington and "preserve the Union" which in his view remained intact despite the seceding states This call forced states to choose sides Virginia seceded and was rewarded with the Confederate capital despite the exposed position of Richmond close to Union lines North Carolina Tennessee and Arkansas followed over the following two months Secession sentiment was strong in Missouri and Maryland but did not prevail; Kentucky remained neutral.:226 the Fort Sumter attack rallied Americans north of the Mason-Dixon line to defend the nation. . . 10.1 Abolition and emancipation Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions Main article: Abolitionism in the United States Washington D.C. Business Directory Civil rights and home rule era. 6.7 Desertion 7 Climate Congress agreed to the compromise which narrowly passed as the Residence Act Jefferson was able to get the Virginia delegates to support the bill with the debt provisions while Hamilton convinced the New York delegates to agree to the Potomac site for the capital the bill was approved by the Senate by a vote of 14 to 12 on July 1 1790 and by the House of Representatives by a vote of 31 to 29 on July 9 1790. Washington signed the Act into law one week later on July 16 the Assumption Bill narrowly passed the Senate on July 16 1790 followed by passage in the House on July 26, Transportation 8.2 Tidal Potomac, Although the legislation did not specify an exact location it was assumed that Georgetown would be the capital Washington began scouting the area to the southeast of Georgetown near the Anacostia River (Eastern Branch) Some of the property owners expressed to the President that they were willing to sell land for the capital Washington also looked at other sites along the Potomac He decided that a few sites should be surveyed to provide specific details about the land and its ownership Washington returned to Philadelphia in late November 1790 to meet with Jefferson at this time the decision was reached to locate the capital at or adjacent to Georgetown, which was a short distance below the Fall Line and the farthest inland point for navigation.[citation needed].

. Caribbean Development Bank: Bridgetown Patriots The South Fork South Branch Potomac River forms just north of U.S Route 250 in Highland County Virginia near Monterey and flows 68.4 miles (110.1 km) north-northeastward to the South Branch Potomac River at Moorefield in Hardy County West Virginia From 1896 to 1929 it was named the Moorefield River by the Board on Geographic Names to avoid confusion with the South Branch. European Union (see details): Brussels is generally considered as the seat of the European Union alongside Strasbourg where the European Parliament has its official seat and votes because it hosts the major institutions of the EU the judiciary and some of the executive's work are located in Luxembourg and other bodies and agencies in other cities Although the main seats are fixed in the EU's treaties which form its legal basis they do not use the term "capital" for any city, Washington forced the British out of Boston in the spring of 1776 and neither the British nor the Loyalists controlled any significant areas the British however were massing forces at their naval base at Halifax Nova Scotia They returned in force in July 1776 landing in New York and defeating Washington's Continental Army in August at the Battle of Brooklyn Following that victory they requested a meeting with representatives from Congress to negotiate an end to hostilities. The Washington Navy Yard in 1862, Henry Clay takes the floor of the Old Senate Chamber; Vice President Millard Fillmore presides as John C Calhoun (to the right of the Speaker's chair) and Daniel Webster (seated to the left of Clay) look on, According to a 2010 study Washington-area commuters spent 70 hours a year in traffic delays which tied with Chicago for having the nation's worst road congestion. However 37% of Washington-area commuters take public transportation to work the second-highest rate in the country an additional 12% of D.C commuters walked to work 6% carpooled and 3% traveled by bicycle in 2010 a 2011 study by Walk Score found that Washington was the seventh-most walkable city in the country with 80% of residents living in neighborhoods that are not car dependent in 2013 the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metropolitan statistical area (MSA) had the eighth lowest percentage of workers who commuted by private automobile (75.7 percent) with 8 percent of area workers traveling via rail transit.