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. 7.1 North Branch Potomac River Has the Mexican War terminated yet and how? are we beaten? Do you know of any nation about to besiege South Hadley [Massachusetts]? If so do inform me of it for I would be glad of a chance to escape if we are to be stormed I suppose [our teacher] Miss [Mary] Lyon would furnish us all with daggers and order us to fight for our lives ..

The city was defended by Mexican General Juan Morales with 3,400 men Mortars and naval guns under Commodore Matthew C Perry were used to reduce the city walls and harass defenders After a bombardment on March 24 1847 the walls of Veracruz had a thirty-foot gap the city replied the best it could with its own artillery the effect of the extended barrage destroyed the will of the Mexican side to fight against a numerically superior force and they surrendered the city after 12 days under siege U.S troops suffered 80 casualties while the Mexican side had around 180 killed and wounded while hundreds of civilians were killed. During the siege the U.S side began to fall victim to yellow fever, President Abraham Lincoln insisted that construction on the United States Capitol dome continue during the American Civil War; 1861, Checks and balances Main article: Slave codes The Washington Cabinet. The French detachment proved to be only about 50 men so Washington advanced on May 28 with a small force of Virginians and Indian allies to ambush them.[f] What took place was disputed but French forces were killed outright with muskets and hatchets French commander Joseph Coulon de Jumonville who carried a diplomatic message for the British to evacuate was mortally wounded in the battle French forces found Jumonville and some of his men dead and scalped and assumed that Washington was responsible. Washington placed blame on his translator for not communicating the French intentions. Dinwiddie congratulated Washington for his victory over the French. This incident ignited the French and Indian War which later became part of the larger Seven Years' War. Roger Sherman the only person who signed all four U.S historical documents. . Washington D.C formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C. is the capital of the United States. Founded after the American Revolution as the seat of government of the newly independent country Washington was named after George Washington the first president of the United States and a Founding Father. As the seat of the United States federal government and several international organizations Washington is an important world political capital the city located on the Potomac River bordering Maryland and Virginia is one of the most visited cities in the world with more than 20 million tourists annually. . .