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. Bukittinggi West Sumatra Indonesia (1948) Prior to the Republican convention the Lincoln campaign began cultivating a nationwide youth organization the Wide Awakes which it used to generate popular support throughout the country to spearhead voter registration drives thinking that new voters and young voters tended to embrace new parties. Lincoln's ideas of abolishing slavery grew drawing more supporters People of the Northern states knew the Southern states would vote against Lincoln and rallied supporters for Lincoln, "Potomac" is a European spelling of Patawomeck the Algonquian name of a Native American village on its southern bank. Native Americans had different names for different parts of the river calling the river above Great Falls Cohongarooton meaning "honking geese" and "Patawomke" below the Falls meaning "river of swans" the spelling of the name has taken many forms over the years from "Patawomeck" (as on Captain John Smith's map) to "Patomake" "Patowmack" and numerous other variations in the 18th century and now "Potomac" the river's name was officially decided upon as "Potomac" by the Board on Geographic Names in 1931. 1 Washington D.C during the early stages of the War Contents, Prominent Founding Fathers writing in the Federalist Papers felt that elections were essential to liberty that a bond between the people and the representatives was particularly essential and that "frequent elections are unquestionably the only policy by which this dependence and sympathy can be effectually secured" in 2009 however few Americans were familiar with leaders of Congress the percentage of Americans eligible to vote who did in fact vote was 63% in 1960 but has been falling since although there was a slight upward trend in the 2008 election. Public opinion polls asking people if they approve of the job Congress is doing have in the last few decades hovered around 25% with some variation. Scholar Julian Zeliger suggested that the "size messiness virtues and vices that make Congress so interesting also create enormous barriers to our understanding the institution . Unlike the presidency Congress is difficult to conceptualize." Other scholars suggest that despite the criticism "Congress is a remarkably resilient institution . its place in the political process is not threatened . it is rich in resources" and that most members behave ethically. They contend that "Congress is easy to dislike and often difficult to defend" and this perception is exacerbated because many challengers running for Congress run against Congress which is an "old form of American politics" that further undermines Congress's reputation with the public:; . In his company I was never reminded of my humble origin or of my unpopular color 13 External links The first draft of the compromise of 1850 had Texas's northwestern boundary be a straight diagonal line from the Rio Grande 20 miles north of El Paso to the Red River (Mississippi watershed) at the 100th meridian west the southwestern corner of today's Oklahoma. . The White House ruins after the conflagration of August 24 1814 Watercolor by George Munger displayed at the White House On June 16 Perry arrived at San Juan Bautista and commenced bombing the city the attack included two ships that sailed past the fort and began shelling it from the rear David D Porter led 60 sailors ashore and seized the fort raising the American flag over the works Perry and the landing force arrived and took control of the city around 14:00. Chatham Manor Rebellion (1805), Main terminal Tariff of 1828, Return to Mount Vernon In early 1778 the French responded to Burgoyne's defeat and entered into a Treaty of Alliance with the Americans the Continental Congress ratified the treaty in May which amounted to a French declaration of war against Britain the British evacuated Philadelphia for New York that June and Washington summoned a war council of American and French Generals He chose a partial attack on the retreating British at the Battle of Monmouth; the British were commanded by Howe's successor General Henry Clinton Generals Charles Lee and Lafayette moved with 4,000 men without Washington's knowledge and bungled their first attack on June 28 Washington relieved Lee and achieved a draw after an expansive battle at nightfall the British continued their retreat to New York and Washington moved his army outside the city. Monmouth was Washington's last battle in the North; he valued the safety of his army more than towns with little value to the British!

. Africans first came to the New World with Christopher Columbus in 1492 Juan Las Canaries was a crewman on Columbus' flagship the Santa Maria Not much longer after the first enslavement occurred in what would later be the United States in 1508 Ponce de Leon established the first settlement near present-day San Juan and began enslaving the indigenous Tainos in 1513 to supplement the dwindling Tainos population the first African slaves were imported to Puerto Rico. .