Igbo Landing slave escape and mass suicide (1803) The Revolution sparked a discussion on the rights of woman and an environment favorable to women's participation in politics Briefly the possibilities for women's rights were highly favorable but a backlash led to a greater rigidity that excluded women from politics. 1.4 Planned development The Patowmack Canal was intended by George Washington to connect the Tidewater region near Georgetown with Cumberland Maryland Started in 1785 on the Virginia side of the river it was not completed until 1802 Financial troubles led to the closure of the canal in 1830 the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal operated along the banks of the Potomac in Maryland from 1831 to 1924 and also connected Cumberland to Washington D.C. This allowed freight to be transported around the rapids known as the Great Falls of the Potomac River as well as many other smaller rapids, Main articles: George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River Battle of Trenton and Battle of Princeton!
Mexican territory 1848 2.1 French and Indian War Underground Railroad 9.3 King George III by Gilbert Stuart (1797); Main article: Nueces Strip, Ownership of slaves and position on slavery, Religion Washington is shown presiding as Master Mason over a lodge meeting. Crittenden Compromise 9 References Clockwise from top right: United States Capitol Washington Monument the White House Smithsonian Institution Building Lincoln Memorial and Washington National Cathedral. The Mexican government's policy of settlement of U.S citizens in its province of Tejas was aimed at expanding control into Comanche lands the Comancheria Instead of settlement occurring in the central and west of the province people settled in East Texas where there was rich farmland and which was contiguous to the southern U.S slave states as settlers poured in from the U.S. the Mexican government discouraged further settlement with its 1829 abolition of slavery.
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