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Andrew Johnson 1865, Date Slaves Strong governors with veto power over the legislature and substantial appointment authority, When Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theater in April 1865 thousands flocked into Washington to view the coffin further raising the profile of the city the new president Andrew Johnson wanted to dispel the funereal atmosphere and organized a program of victory parades which revived public hopes for the future. 2.1 French and Indian War Committee assignments, Kingdom of England: the traditional capital was the City of London while Westminster outside of the boundaries of the City of London was the seat of government They are both today part of the urban core of Greater London. Washington D.C. Business Directory Main article: U.S Congress and citizens, Demonym(s) Washingtonian The remaining rural territory within the district belonged either to Alexandria County D.C (district land west of the Potomac outside the City of Alexandria formerly in Virginia) or to Washington County D.C (the unincorporated east side formerly in Maryland plus islands and riverbed) Both counties operated with boards of commissioners for county-level government functions Both counties were governed by levy courts made of providentially appointed Justices of the Peace Prior to 1812 the levy courts had a number of members defined by the President but after that Washington County had 7 members in 1848 the Washington County levy court was expanded to 11 members and in 1863 that was reduced by two to nine members; The percentage of families that owned slaves in 1860 in various groupings of states was as follows:. There were no laws regarding slavery early in Virginia's history But in 1640 a Virginia court sentenced John Punch an African to slavery after he attempted to flee his service the two whites with whom he fled were sentenced only to an additional year of their indenture and three years' service to the colony. This marked the first legal sanctioning of slavery in the English colonies and was one of the first legal distinctions made between Europeans and Africans, The Second Continental Congress approved the "Articles of Confederation" for ratification by the states on November 15 1777; the Congress immediately began operating under the Articles' terms providing a structure of shared sovereignty during prosecution of the war and facilitating international relations and alliances with France and Spain the articles were ratified on March 1 1781 at that point the Continental Congress was dissolved and a new government of the United States in Congress Assembled took its place on the following day with Samuel Huntington as presiding officer, Protestant Dissenters and the Great Awakening Tens of thousands of Loyalists left the United States; Maya Jasanoff restimates 70,000. Some migrated to Britain the great majority received land and subsidies for resettlement in British colonies in North America known as United Empire Loyalists especially Quebec (concentrating in the Eastern Townships) Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. Britain created the colonies of Upper Canada (Ontario) and New Brunswick expressly for their benefit and the Crown awarded land to Loyalists as compensation for losses in the United States Britain wanted to develop the frontier of Upper Canada on a British colonial model But about 85% of the Loyalists stayed in the United States and became full loyal citizens; some of the exiles later returned to the U.S.

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