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Demographics Main article: George Washington's Farewell Address, Further information: Post-presidency of George Washington President James Madison military officials and his government fled the city in the wake of the British victory at the Battle of Bladensburg They eventually found refuge for the night in Brookeville a small town in Montgomery County Maryland which is known today as the "United States Capital for a Day" President Madison spent the night in the house of Caleb Bentley a Quaker who lived and worked in Brookeville Bentley's house known today as the Madison House still stands in Brookeville. 3 Illinois state legislature Subsequent events in the lives of the Founding Fathers after the adoption of the Constitution were characterized by success or failure reflecting the abilities of these men as well as the vagaries of fate. Washington Adams Jefferson Madison and Monroe served in highest U.S office of president Jay would be appointed as president of the United States and later elected to two terms as Governor of New York. On August 28 1565 St Augustine Florida was founded by the Spanish conquistador Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles and he brought three African slaves with him During the 16th and 17th centuries St Augustine was the hub of the slave trade in Spanish colonial Florida and the first permanent settlement in the continental United States to include African slaves. Main article: Library of Congress. . The day after the destruction of the White House Rear Admiral Cockburn entered the building of the D.C newspaper the National Intelligencer intending to burn it down However several women persuaded him not to because they were afraid the fire would spread to their neighboring houses Cockburn wanted to destroy the newspaper because its reporters had written so negatively about him branding him "The Ruffian" Instead he ordered his troops to tear the building down brick by brick and ordered all the "C" type destroyed "so that the rascals can have no further means of abusing my name", In 1803 the Supreme Court established judicial review of federal legislation in Marbury v Madison holding however that Congress could not grant unconstitutional power to the Court itself the Constitution does not explicitly state that the courts may exercise judicial review; however the notion that courts could declare laws unconstitutional was envisioned by the founding fathers Alexander Hamilton for example mentioned and expounded upon the doctrine in Federalist No 78 Originalists on the Supreme Court have argued that if the constitution does not say something explicitly it is unconstitutional to infer what it should might or could have said. Judicial review means that the Supreme Court can nullify a congressional law it is a huge check by the courts on the legislative authority and limits congressional power substantially in 1857 for example the Supreme Court struck down provisions of a congressional act of 1820 in its Dred Scott decision. At the same time the Supreme Court can extend congressional power through its constitutional interpretations.

Washington's stepdaughter Patsy Custis suffered from epileptic attacks from age 12 and she died in his arms in 1773 the following day he wrote to Burwell Bassett: "It is easier to conceive than to describe the distress of this Family". He canceled all business activity and remained with Martha every night for three months. In a section negotiated by James Madison of Virginia Section 2 of Article I designated "other persons" (slaves) to be added to the total of the state's free population at the rate of three-fifths of their total number to establish the state's official population for the purposes of apportionment of Congressional representation and federal taxation. This disproportionately strengthened the political power of Southern representatives as three-fifths of the (non-voting) slave population was counted for Congressional apportionment, Pierce Butler South Carolina 1 Yes universal manhood suffrage or minimal property requirements for voting or holding office (New Jersey enfranchised some property-owning widows a step that it retracted 25 years later), Slavery See also: Category:Companies based in Washington D.C and Category:Non-profit organizations based in Washington D.C. 4.2 Political views Course Washington proclaimed November 26 as a day of Thanksgiving in order to encourage national unity "It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God to obey His will to be grateful for His benefits and humbly to implore His protection and favor." He spent that day fasting and visiting debtors in prison to provide them with food and beer!