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Washington received his initial military training and command with the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War He was later elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and was named a delegate to the Continental Congress where he was appointed Commanding General of the Continental Army He commanded American forces allied with France in the defeat and surrender of the British during the Siege of Yorktown and resigned his commission in 1783 after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of January 1 1863 was a powerful action that promised freedom for slaves in the Confederacy as soon as the Union armies reached them and authorized the enlistment of African Americans in the Union Army the Emancipation Proclamation did not free slaves in the Union-allied slave-holding states that bordered the Confederacy Since the Confederate States did not recognize the authority of President Lincoln and the proclamation did not apply in the border states at first the proclamation freed only those slaves who had escaped behind Union lines the proclamation made the abolition of slavery an official war goal that was implemented as the Union took territory from the Confederacy According to the Census of 1860 this policy would free nearly four million slaves or over 12% of the total population of the United States, Main article: Slavery among Native Americans in the United States, Organic Act of 1871. See also: List of cases involving Abraham Lincoln Manning Force. Each territory and Washington D.C elect a non-voting delegate to the U.S House of Representatives as they have throughout Congressional history They "possess the same powers as other members of the House except that they may not vote when the House is meeting as the House of Representatives." They are assigned offices and allowances for staff participate in debate and appoint constituents to the four military service academies for the Army Navy Air Force and Coast Guard. . As of 2010 over 90% of D.C residents had health insurance coverage the second-highest rate in the nation This is due in part to city programs that help provide insurance to low-income individuals who do not qualify for other types of coverage a 2009 report found that at least 3% of District residents have HIV or AIDS which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) characterizes as a "generalized and severe" epidemic.

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