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Five-lined skink juvenile Gradual emancipation in New York (starting 1799) and New Jersey (starting 1804). Benin: Porto-Novo is the official capital but Cotonou is the seat of government. . The outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 led to the expansion of the federal government and notable growth in the District's population including a large influx of freed slaves. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act in 1862 which ended slavery in the District of Columbia and freed about 3,100 enslaved persons nine months prior to the Emancipation Proclamation in 1868 Congress granted the District's African American male residents the right to vote in municipal elections, Washington D.C. Business Directory, Opposition Interpretations vary concerning the effect of the Revolution Contemporaries of the period referred to it as "the revolution", although the war is sometimes known as the "American War of Independence" outside the United States particularly in the United Kingdom; .

! Main articles: Navigation Acts Dominion of New England King Philip's War and War of the Austrian Succession, A 2007 report found that about one-third of District residents were functionally illiterate compared to a national rate of about one in five This is attributed in part to immigrants who are not proficient in English as of 2011 85% of D.C residents age 5 and older spoke English at home as a primary language. Half of residents had at least a four-year college degree in 2006 in 2017 the median household income in D.C was $77,649; also in 2017 D.C residents had a personal income per capita of $50,832 (higher than any of the 50 states). However 19% of residents were below the poverty level in 2005 higher than any state except Mississippi.[f], Washington trained as a land surveyor before he became commander of a small militia. His article is about the capital of the United States For the state on the U.S West Coast see Washington (state) For the former district in the Pacific Northwest see Columbia District For the history of the District of Columbia as a separate legal entity see District of Columbia (until 1871) for other uses see United States capital (disambiguation) and Washington (disambiguation), Distribution Members and constituents, 4.10 Slave rebellions Roger Sherman the only person who signed all four U.S historical documents. Lincoln presided over the expansion of the federal government's economic influence in other areas the National Banking Act created the system of national banks it also established a national currency in 1862 Congress created the Department of Agriculture.:424 in 1862 Lincoln sent a senior general John Pope to put down the "Sioux Uprising" in Minnesota Presented with 303 execution warrants for Santee Dakota who were convicted of killing innocent farmers Lincoln conducted his own personal review of each warrant eventually approving 39 for execution (one was later reprieved).:182, Doctors of Medicine The Mexican Cession shown in red and the later Gadsden Purchase shown in yellow.