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In 1773 private letters were published in which Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson claimed that the colonists could not enjoy all English liberties and Lieutenant Governor Andrew Oliver called for the direct payment of colonial officials the letters' contents were used as evidence of a systematic plot against American rights and discredited Hutchinson in the eyes of the people; the Assembly petitioned for his recall Benjamin Franklin postmaster general for the colonies acknowledged that he leaked the letters which led to him being berated by British officials and fired from his job, Some British troops retreated after a brief stand while others took refuge in Nassau Hall which became the target of Colonel Alexander Hamilton's cannons Washington's troops charged the British surrendered in less than an hour and 194 soldiers laid down their arms. Howe retreated to New York City where his army remained inactive until early the next year. Washington's depleted Continental Army took up winter headquarters in Morristown New Jersey while disrupting British supply lines and expelling them from parts of New Jersey Washington later said that the British could have successfully counter-attacked his encampment before his troops were dug in. The National Gallery of Art is on the National Mall near the Capitol and features works of American and European art the gallery and its collections are owned by the U.S government but are not a part of the Smithsonian Institution the National Building Museum which occupies the former Pension Building near Judiciary Square was chartered by Congress and hosts exhibits on architecture urban planning and design. By late September Patriot-French forces completely surrounded Yorktown trapped the British army and prevented British reinforcements from Clinton in the North while the French Navy was victorious at the Battle of the Chesapeake the final American offensive was begun with a shot fired by Washington the siege ended with a British surrender on October 19 1781; over 7,000 British soldiers were captured in the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War. Washington negotiated the terms of surrender for two days and the official signing ceremony took place on October 19; Cornwallis in fact claimed illness and was absent sending General Charles O'Hara as his proxy. As a gesture of goodwill Washington held a dinner for the American French and British generals all of whom fraternized on friendly terms and identified with one another as members of the same professional military caste. . Washington soon was counted among the political and social elite in Virginia From 1768 to 1775 he invited some 2,000 guests to his Mount Vernon estate mostly those whom he considered "people of rank" He became more politically active in 1769 presenting legislation in the Virginia Assembly to establish an embargo on goods from Great Britain, Events leading to, Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry Painting of men in a formal political meeting.

. District of Columbia ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Congress also plays a role in presidential elections Both Houses meet in joint session on the sixth day of January following a presidential election to count the electoral votes and there are procedures to follow if no candidate wins a majority. District of Columbia ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Main article: Culture of Washington D.C; . . The replacement for the importation of slaves from abroad was increased domestic production Virginia and Maryland had little new agricultural development and their need for slaves was mostly for replacements for decedents Normal reproduction more than supplied these: Virginia and Maryland had surpluses of slaves Their tobacco farms were "worn out" and the climate was not suitable for cotton or sugar cane the surplus was even greater because slaves were encouraged to reproduce (though they could not marry) the white supremacist Virginian Thomas Roderick Dew wrote in 1832 that Virginia was a "negro-raising state"; i.e Virginia "produced" slaves.:2. 16.2.1 Video 2.2.3 Legal apprenticeships, The sappers and miners of the Corps of Royal Engineers under Captain Blanshard were employed in burning the principal buildings Blanshard reported that it seemed that the American President was so sure that the attacking force would be made prisoners that a handsome entertainment had been prepared Blanshard and his sappers enjoyed the feast.:358, Washington taking command of the Continental Army just before the Siege. On July 9 70 sailors and marines landed at Yerba Buena and raised the American flag Later that day in Sonoma the Bear Flag was lowered and the American flag was raised in its place.