In surveys of U.S scholars ranking presidents conducted since the 1940s Lincoln is consistently ranked in the top three often as number one a 2004 study found that scholars in the fields of history and politics ranked Lincoln number one while legal scholars placed him second after George Washington.:264 in presidential ranking polls conducted in the United States since 1948 Lincoln has been rated at the top in the majority of polls Generally the top three presidents are rated as 1 Lincoln; 2 Washington; and 3 Franklin Delano Roosevelt although the order varies. 1976 81.6% 137,818 16.5% 27,873, In March 1776 the Continental Army forced the British to evacuate Boston with George Washington as the commander of the new army the revolutionaries were now in full control of all 13 colonies and were ready to declare independence There still were many Loyalists but they were no longer in control anywhere by July 1776 and all of the Royal officials had fled, Main articles: English Dissenters and First Great Awakening. . . Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur is the constitutional capital home of the King and seat of Parliament but the federal administrative centre and judiciary have been moved 30 kilometres (19 mi) south to Putrajaya.
The river forms part of the borders between Maryland and Washington D.C on the left descending bank and West Virginia and Virginia on the river's right descending bank the majority of the lower Potomac River is part of Maryland Exceptions include a small tidal portion within the District of Columbia and the border with Virginia being delineated from "point to point" (thus various bays and shoreline indentations lie in Virginia) Except for a small portion of its headwaters in West Virginia the North Branch Potomac River is considered part of Maryland to the low water mark on the opposite bank the South Branch Potomac River lies completely within the state of West Virginia except for its headwaters which lie in Virginia. 16.1 National and comparative studies The influence of Congress on the presidency has varied from period to period depending on factors such as congressional leadership presidential political influence historical circumstances such as war and individual initiative by members of Congress the impeachment of Andrew Johnson made the presidency less powerful than Congress for a considerable period afterwards the 20th and 21st centuries have seen the rise of presidential power under politicians such as Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson Franklin D Roosevelt Richard Nixon Ronald Reagan and George W Bush. However in recent years Congress has restricted presidential power with laws such as the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 and the War Powers Resolution Nevertheless the Presidency remains considerably more powerful today than during the 19th century. Executive branch officials are often loath to reveal sensitive information to members of Congress because of concern that information could not be kept secret; in return knowing they may be in the dark about executive branch activity congressional officials are more likely to distrust their counterparts in executive agencies. Many government actions require fast coordinated effort by many agencies and this is a task that Congress is ill-suited for Congress is slow open divided and not well matched to handle more rapid executive action or do a good job of overseeing such activity according to one analysis. . ! . . Some of the British colonies attempted to abolish the international slave trade fearing that the importation of new Africans would be disruptive Virginia bills to that effect were vetoed by the British Privy Council Rhode Island forbade the import of enslaved people in 1774 All of the colonies except Georgia had banned or limited the African slave trade by 1786; Georgia did so in 1798 Some[which?] of these laws were later repealed.
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