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Top row: Chain Bridge (two views) and Pimmit Run Bridge; Bottom Row: Aqueduct Bridget {two views) and Georgetown Ferry, Washington D.C is located in Washington Metropolitan AreaCalvertCharlesFrederickMontgomeryPrince George'sAlexandriaAlexandriaArlingtonClarkeFairfaxFairfaxFairfax CountyFalls ChurchFalls ChurchFauquierLoudounManassasManassasManassas ParkManassas ParkPrince WilliamSpotsylvaniaStaffordFredericksburgFredericksburgWarrenWashingtonWashingtonJefferson. . . . Residence Act 1790 In January 1791 the President proceeded to appoint in accordance with the Residence Act a three-member commission consisting of Daniel Carroll Thomas Johnson and David Stuart to oversee the surveying of the federal district and appointed Andrew Ellicott as surveyor Washington informed Congress of the site selection on January 24 and suggested that Congress amend the Act to allow the capital to encompass areas to the south of the Eastern Branch including Alexandria Virginia Congress agreed with this suggestion passing an amendment to the Act that Washington approved on March 3 1791 However consistent with language in the original Act the amendment specifically prohibited the "erection of the public buildings otherwise than on the Maryland side of the river Potomac", Social context Justification in the South The Mexican government's policy of settlement of U.S citizens in its province of Tejas was aimed at expanding control into Comanche lands the Comancheria Instead of settlement occurring in the central and west of the province people settled in East Texas where there was rich farmland and which was contiguous to the southern U.S slave states as settlers poured in from the U.S. the Mexican government discouraged further settlement with its 1829 abolition of slavery. ; The Marine Barracks near Capitol Hill houses the United States Marine Band; founded in 1798 it is the country's oldest professional musical organization. American march composer and Washington-native John Philip Sousa led the Marine Band from 1880 until 1892. Founded in 1925 the United States Navy Band has its headquarters at the Washington Navy Yard and performs at official events and public concerts around the city. Washington has a strong local theater tradition Founded in 1950 Arena Stage achieved national attention and spurred growth in the city's independent theater movement that now includes organizations such as the Shakespeare Theatre Company Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and the Studio Theatre. Arena Stage opened its newly renovated home in the city's emerging Southwest waterfront area in 2010 the GALA Hispanic Theatre now housed in the historic Tivoli Theatre in Columbia Heights was founded in 1976 and is a National Center for the Latino Performing Arts.

In the 1680s King Charles II determined to bring the New England colonies under a more centralized administration in order to regulate trade more effectively. His efforts were fiercely opposed by the colonists resulting in the abrogation of their colonial charter by the Crown. Charles' successor James II finalized these efforts in 1686 establishing the Dominion of New England Dominion rule triggered bitter resentment throughout New England; the enforcement of the unpopular Navigation Acts and the curtailing of local democracy angered the colonists. New Englanders were encouraged however by a change of government in England that saw James II effectively abdicate and a populist uprising overthrew Dominion rule on April 18 1689. Colonial governments reasserted their control in the wake of the revolt and successive governments made no more attempts to restore the Dominion, An average of approximately 486 million US gallons (1,840,000 m3) of water is withdrawn daily from the Potomac in the Washington area for water supply providing about 78 percent of the region's total water usage this amount includes approximately 80 percent of the drinking water consumed by the region's estimated 6,100,000 residents, The Capitol was according to some contemporary travelers the only building in Washington "worthy to be noticed." Thus it was a prime target for the British invaders both for its aesthetic and symbolic value Upon arrival into the city via Maryland Avenue the British targeted the Capitol (first the southern wing containing the House of Representatives then the northern wing containing the Senate). Prior to setting it aflame the British looted the building (which at that time housed Congress the Library of Congress and the Supreme Court) Items looted by British General Sir George Cockburn included "An account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the year 1810."! Canary Islands (Spain): Until 1927 the capital of the Province of Canarias was Santa Cruz de Tenerife When the Canary Islands became an autonomous community in 1982 Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria were both given capital status. There is currently a balance of institutions between the two capitals; the Canary Islands is the only autonomous community in Spain which has two capitals.