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Further information: American Revolution American Revolutionary War and George Washington in the American Revolution In addition many parts of the country were tied to the Southern economy As the historian James Oliver Horton noted prominent slaveholder politicians and the commodity crops of the South had a strong influence on United States politics and economy Horton said. 7 Media European Organization for Nuclear Research: Meyrin a suburb of Geneva, 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, Abraham Lincoln painting by George Peter Alexander Healy in 1869. . .

. . Enumerating slave schedules by county 393,975 named persons held 3,950,546 unnamed slaves for an average of about ten slaves per holder as some large holders held slaves in multiple counties and are thus multiply counted this slightly overestimates the number of slaveholders. 11 Historical reputation and legacy Burning of Washington August 1814 Lincoln's body was displayed in the Capitol rotunda and thousands of Washington residents as well as throngs of visitors stood in long queues for hours to glimpse the fallen president Hotels and restaurants were filled to capacity bringing an unexpected windfall to their owners Following the identification and eventual arrest of the actual conspirators the city was the site of the trial and execution of several of the assassins and again Washington was the center of the nation's media attention!