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Main article: Territories of the United States. Nashville Convention 1972 78.1% 127,627 21.6% 35,226, Samuel Freeman Miller July 16 1862 July 16 1862, The British also took New Jersey pushing the Continental Army into Pennsylvania Washington crossed the Delaware River back into New Jersey in a surprise attack in late December 1776 and defeated the Hessian and British armies at Trenton and Princeton thereby regaining control of most of New Jersey the victories gave an important boost to Patriots at a time when morale was flagging and they have become iconic events of the war; . 9.5 Loyalists Slave codes President James Madison members of his government and the military fled the city in the wake of the British victory at the Battle of Bladensburg They eventually found refuge for the night in Brookeville a small town in Montgomery County Maryland which is known today as the "United States' Capital for a Day." President Madison spent the night in the house of Caleb Bentley a Quaker who lived and worked in Brookeville Bentley's house known today as the Madison House still stands in Brookeville. The U.S Congress approved the declaration of war on May 13 1846 after a few hours of debate with southern Democrats in strong support Sixty-seven Whigs voted against the war on a key slavery amendment, but on the final passage only 14 Whigs voted no, including Rep John Quincy Adams.

Its trans-state location reflected a compromise between the Southern and Northern states Virginia lobbied for the selection an idea opposed by New York and Pennsylvania both of which had previously housed the nation's capital Maryland whose State House was older than that of Virginia and like Virginia a slave state was chosen as a compromise at Washington's request the City of Alexandria was included in the District though with the provision that no federal buildings could be built there the new capital district was at about the center of the country. Photo of three people posing for a picture, On October 2 2014 British Airways began using the Airbus A380 on flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dulles However it has since ended A380 flights reverting to a 747-400 twice daily during peak season However British Airways will soon use A380 on its flights to Washington Dulles during peak winter season, The President's House in Philadelphia was Washington's residence from 1790 to 1797. . South Africa: the administrative capital is Pretoria the legislative capital is Cape Town and the judicial capital is Bloemfontein This is the outcome of the compromise that created the Union of South Africa in 1910, Further information: Presidency of Zachary Taylor, As a protection for slavery the delegates approved Section 2 of Article IV which prohibited states from freeing slaves who fled to them from another state and required the return of chattel property to owners. 4.5 Treatment Washington grew restless in retirement prompted by tensions with France and he wrote to Secretary of War James McHenry offering to organize President Adams' army. In a continuation of the French Revolutionary Wars French privateers began seizing American ships in 1798 and relations deteriorated with France and led to the "Quasi-War" Without consulting Washington Adams nominated him for a lieutenant general commission on July 4 1798 and the position of commander-in-chief of the armies. Washington chose to accept replacing James Wilkinson and he served as the commanding general from July 13 1798 until his death 17 months later He participated in planning for a provisional army but he avoided involvement in details in advising McHenry of potential officers for the army he appeared to make a complete break with Jefferson's Democratic-Republicans: "you could as soon scrub the blackamoor white as to change the principles of a profest Democrat; and that he will leave nothing unattempted to overturn the government of this country." Washington delegated the active leadership of the army to Hamilton a major general No army invaded the United States during this period and Washington did not assume a field command. . The newly restructured District government provided for a governor appointed by the President for a 4-year term with an 11-member council also appointed by the President a locally elected 22-member assembly and a five-man Board of Public Works charged with modernizing the city the first vice-chair of that Board of Public Works was real-estate developer Alexander Robey Shepherd the architect and proponent of the consolidating legislation From September 1873 to June 1874 Shepherd would serve as the second and final governor of the District, A Bureau of Engraving and Printing portrait of Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury, While each state had its own slave code many concepts were shared throughout the slave states. According to the slave codes some of which were passed in reaction to slave rebellions teaching a slave to read or write was illegal This prohibition was unique to American slavery believed to reduce slaves forming aspirations that could lead to escape or rebellion. Informal education occurred when white children taught slave companions what they were learning; in other cases adult slaves learned from free artisan workers especially if located in cities where there was more freedom of movement.