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The Residence Act of 1790 officially titled an Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States (1 Stat 130) was a United States federal statute adopted during the second session of the First United States Congress and signed into law by President George Washington on July 16 1790 the Act provided for a national capital and permanent seat of government to be established at a site along the Potomac River and empowered President Washington to appoint commissioners to oversee the project it also set a deadline of December 1800 for the capital to be ready and designated Philadelphia as the nation's temporary capital while the new seat of government was being built At the time the federal government was operating out of New York City, Corwin Amendment In 1735 the Georgia Trustees enacted a law prohibiting slavery in the new colony which had been established in 1733 to enable the "worthy poor" as well as persecuted European Protestants to have a new start Slavery was then legal in the other twelve English colonies Neighboring South Carolina had an economy based on the use of enslaved labor the Georgia Trustees wanted to eliminate the risk of slave rebellions and make Georgia better able to defend against attacks from the Spanish to the south who offered freedom to escaped slaves James Edward Oglethorpe was the driving force behind the colony and the only trustee to reside in Georgia He opposed slavery on moral grounds as well as for pragmatic reasons and vigorously defended the ban on slavery against fierce opposition from Carolina slave merchants and land speculators. . On January 29 1850 Senator Henry Clay introduced a plan which combined the major subjects under discussion His legislative package included the admission of California as a free state the cession by Texas of some of its northern and western territorial claims in return for debt relief the establishment of New Mexico and Utah territories a ban on the importation of slaves into the District of Columbia for sale and a more stringent fugitive slave law. Clay had originally favored voting on each of his proposals separately but Senator Henry S Foote of Mississippi convinced him to combine the proposals regarding California's admission and the disposition of Texas's borders into one bill. Clay hoped that this combination of measures would convince congressmen from both North and South to support the overall package of laws even if they objected to specific provisions. Clay's proposal attracted the support of some Northern Democrats and Southern Whigs but it lacked the backing necessary to win passage and debate over the bill continued. . . The Missouri Compromise 1821 In October 1753 Dinwiddie appointed Washington as a special envoy to demand that the French vacate territory which the British had claimed.[e] Dinwiddie also appointed him to make peace with the Iroquois Confederacy and to gather intelligence about the French forces. Washington met with Half-King Tanacharison and other Iroquois chiefs at Logstown to secure their promise of support against the French and his party reached the Ohio River in November They were intercepted by a French patrol and escorted to Fort Le Boeuf where Washington was received in a friendly manner He delivered the British demand to vacate to French commander Saint-Pierre but the French refused to leave Saint-Pierre gave Washington his official answer in a sealed envelope after a few days' delay and he gave Washington's party food and extra winter clothing for the trip back to Virginia. Washington completed the precarious mission in 77 days in difficult winter conditions and achieved a measure of distinction when his report was published in Virginia and London.

On December 4 1786 Washington was chosen to lead the Virginia delegation but he declined on December 21 He had concerns about the legality of the convention and consulted James Madison Henry Knox and others They persuaded him to attend it however as his presence might induce reluctant states to send delegates and smooth the way for the ratification process. On March 28 Washington told Governor Edmund Randolph that he would attend the convention but made it clear that he was urged to attend, First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln by Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1864), Burned villages and crops murdered chiefs divided councils and civil wars migrations towns and forts choked with refugees economic disruption breaking of ancient traditions losses in battle and to disease and hunger betrayal to their enemies all made the American Revolution one of the darkest periods in American Indian history. Netherlands: Amsterdam is the constitutional national capital even though the Dutch government the parliament the supreme court the Council of State and the work palace of the King are all located in the Hague as are all the embassies (For more details see: Capital of the Netherlands.), Thomas Lynch South Carolina 1 Yes blacks Total Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Jakarta Dr Brown thought that Washington had quinsy; Dick thought that the condition was a more serious "violent inflammation of the throat". They continued the process of bloodletting to approximately five pints but it was futile and his condition deteriorated Dick proposed a tracheotomy but the other two doctors were not familiar with that procedure and therefore disapproved. Washington instructed Brown and Dick to leave the room while he assured Craik "Doctor I die hard but I am not afraid to go.". . Transportation Further information: Indian slave trade History of enslavement of indigenous peoples in California and Slavery in New France.