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The district encompassed three small cities: Alexandria formerly in Virginia Georgetown formerly Maryland and the deliberately planned central core the City of Washington Both the White House and the United States Capitol were already completed and in use by 1800 as called for by the 1791 L'Enfant Plan for the City of Washington although the city was not formally chartered until 1802 Beyond those cities the remainder of the District was farmland organized by the 1801 Act into two counties Washington County D.C east of the Potomac and Alexandria County D.C on the west side encompassing today's Arlington County and the independent city of Alexandria, Colonel George Washington by Charles Willson Peale 1772 Occupations. In the Southwest negotiations failed between federal commissioners and raiding Indian tribes seeking retribution Washington invited Creek Chief Alexander McGillivray and 24 leading chiefs to New York to negotiate a treaty and treated them like foreign dignitaries Knox and McGillivray concluded the Treaty of New York on August 7 1790 in Federal Hall which provided the tribes with agricultural supplies and McGillivray with a rank of Brigadier General Army and a salary of $1,500. . Before returning to private life in June 1783 Washington called for a strong union Though he was concerned that he might be criticized for meddling in civil matters he sent a circular letter to all the states maintaining that the Articles of Confederation was no more than "a rope of sand" linking the states He believed that the nation was on the verge of "anarchy and confusion" was vulnerable to foreign intervention and that a national constitution would unify the states under a strong central government. When Shays' Rebellion erupted in Massachusetts on August 29 1786 over taxation Washington was further convinced that a national constitution was needed. Some nationalists feared that the new republic had descended into lawlessness and they met together on September 11 1786 at Annapolis to ask Congress to revise the Articles of Confederation One of their biggest efforts however was getting Washington to attend. Congress agreed to a Constitutional Convention to be held in Philadelphia in Spring 1787 and each state was to send delegates, Advanced degrees and apprenticeships, Main articles: Navigation Acts Dominion of New England King Philip's War and War of the Austrian Succession. Pierce Butler South Carolina 1 Yes Painting by Gilbert Stuart (1795) formal portrait of President George Washington Main article: Treatment of slaves in the United States. Slave sale Charleston 1856 In order to garner enough votes to pass the Assumption Bill Hamilton also needed votes from the Pennsylvania delegates This led to the decision to designate Philadelphia as the temporary capital city of the United States federal government for a period of ten years until the permanent capital was ready. Congress reconvened in Philadelphia on December 6 1790 at Congress Hall, Addis Ababa Ethiopia (2013) Changes in a nation's political regime sometimes result in the designation of a new capital Newly-independent Kazakhstan moved its capital to the existing city of Astana after the collapse of the Soviet Union Naypyidaw was founded in Burma's interior as the former capital Rangoon was claimed to be too overcrowded! Map of the Potomac River and its environs circa 1862 by Robert Knox Sneden 8 Reconstruction Main article: Powers of the United States Congress. Nauru: Nauru a microstate of only 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi) has no distinct capital city but has a capital district instead.

. 1.1 Early life 2.1.1 Importation of slaves, The Virginia Regiment was reconstituted in August 1755 and Dinwiddie appointed Washington its commander again with the colonial rank of colonel Washington clashed over seniority almost immediately this time with John Dagworthy another captain of superior royal rank who commanded a detachment of Marylanders at the regiment's headquarters in Fort Cumberland. Washington impatient for an offensive against Fort Duquesne was convinced Braddock would have granted him a royal commission and pressed his case in February 1756 with Braddock's successor William Shirley and again in January 1757 with Shirley's successor Lord Loudoun Shirley ruled in Washington's favor only in the matter of Dagworthy; Loudoun humiliated Washington refused him a royal commission and agreed only to relieve him of the responsibility of manning Fort Cumberland! . .