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In July 1777 British General John Burgoyne led the Saratoga campaign south from Quebec through Lake Champlain and recaptured Fort Ticonderoga with the objective of dividing New England including control of the Hudson River But General Howe in British-occupied New York blundered taking his army south to Philadelphia rather than up the Hudson River to join Burgoyne near Albany. Meanwhile Washington and Lafayette rushed to Philadelphia to engage Howe and were shocked to learn of Burgoyne's progress in upstate New York where the Patriots were led by General Philip Schuyler and successor Horatio Gates Washington's army of less experienced men were defeated in the pitched battles at Philadelphia. . John Jay was president of the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1779 and negotiated the Treaty of Paris with Adams and Franklin, 1996 85.2% 158,220 9.3% 17,339 Andrew Adams Connecticut 1 Yes Many of the volunteers were unwanted and considered poor soldiers the expression "Just like Gaines's army" came to refer to something useless the phrase having originated when a group of untrained and unwilling Louisiana troops were rejected and sent back by Gen Taylor at the beginning of the war. Historians in the early 20th century such as J Franklin Jameson examined the class composition of the Patriot cause looking for evidence of a class war inside the revolution. More recent historians have largely abandoned that interpretation emphasizing instead the high level of ideological unity. Both Loyalists and Patriots were a "mixed lot", but ideological demands always came first the Patriots viewed independence as a means to gain freedom from British oppression and taxation and to reassert their basic rights Most yeomen farmers craftsmen and small merchants joined the Patriot cause to demand more political equality They were especially successful in Pennsylvania but less so in New England where John Adams attacked Thomas Paine's Common Sense for the "absurd democratical notions" that it proposed, The Impending Crisis of the South, Yellow flag waving.svg. On July 9 1790 Congress passed the Residence Act which approved the creation of a national capital on the Potomac River the exact location was to be selected by President George Washington who signed the bill into law on July 16 Formed from land donated by the states of Maryland and Virginia the initial shape of the federal district was a square measuring 10 miles (16 km) on each side totaling 100 square miles (259 km2).[b]; . . All three branches of the U.S federal government are centered in the District: Congress (legislative) president (executive) and the Supreme Court (judicial) Washington is home to many national monuments and museums primarily situated on or around the National Mall the city hosts 177 foreign embassies as well as the headquarters of many international organizations trade unions non-profits lobbying groups and professional associations including the World Bank Group the International Monetary Fund (IMF) the Organization of American States AARP the National Geographic Society the Human Rights Campaign the International Finance Corporation and the American Red Cross.