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1856 campaign This rebellion prompted Virginia and other slave states to pass more restrictions on slaves and free people of color controlling their movement and requiring more white supervision of gatherings in 1835 North Carolina withdrew the franchise for free people of color and they lost their vote. African Union: Addis Ababa and Midrand (Johannesburg) On June 1 2012 the first passenger flight of the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental landed as a Lufthansa service from Frankfurt Airport. ; . 8 Capitals in military strategy Originally Washington had planned to retire after his first term while many Americans could not imagine anyone else taking his place. After nearly four years as President and dealing with the infighting in his own cabinet and with partisan critics Washington showed little enthusiasm in running for a second term while Martha also wanted him not to run. James Madison urged him not to retire that his absence would only allow the dangerous political rift in his cabinet and in the House to worsen Jefferson also pleaded with him not to retire and agreed to drop his attacks on Hamilton or he would also retire if Washington did. Hamilton maintained that Washington's absence would be "deplored as the greatest evil" to the country at this time. During this time Washington's close nephew George Augustine Washington his manager at Mount Vernon was critically ill and had to be replaced further increasing Washington's desire to retire and return to Mount Vernon. Abigail Adams expressed to her husband the president the desire of women to have a place in the new republic: "I desire you would remember the Ladies and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.", Nat Turner's slave rebellion, 14 See also In 1940 Congress passed a law authorizing creation of an interstate compact to coordinate water quality management among states in the Potomac basin Maryland West Virginia Pennsylvania Virginia and the District of Columbia agreed to establish the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin the compact was amended in 1970 to include coordination of water supply issues and land use issues related to water quality. Rear Admiral George Cockburn had commanded the squadron in Chesapeake Bay since the previous year On June 25 he wrote to Cochrane stressing that the defenses there were weak and he felt that several major cities were vulnerable to attack. Cochrane suggested attacking Baltimore Washington and Philadelphia On July 17 Cockburn recommended Washington as the target because of the comparative ease of attacking the national capital and "the greater political effect likely to result". General Ross commanded a 4,500-man army composed of the 4th (King's Own) Light 21st Royal North British Fusiliers 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot and 85th Regiment of Foot.

Slave codes A separate British force captured Alexandria on the south side of the Potomac River while Ross's troops were leaving Washington the mayor of Alexandria made a deal and the British refrained from burning the town. . .