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Washington D.C. Business Directory Total 472,381. At the start of each two-year session the House elects a speaker who does not normally preside over debates but serves as the majority party's leader in the Senate the vice president is the ex officio president of the Senate in addition the Senate elects an officer called the president pro tempore Pro tempore means for the time being and this office is usually held by the most senior member of the Senate's majority party and customarily keeps this position until there is a change in party control Accordingly the Senate does not necessarily elect a new president pro tempore at the beginning of a new Congress in both the House and Senate the actual presiding officer is generally a junior member of the majority party who is appointed so that new members become acquainted with the rules of the chamber. Trees of the Potomac River Basin As peace negotiations started the British gradually evacuated troops from Savannah Charlestown and New York by 1783 and the French army and navy likewise departed the American treasury was empty unpaid and mutinous soldiers forced the adjournment of Congress and Washington dispelled unrest by suppressing the Newburgh Conspiracy in March 1783; Congress promised officers a five-year bonus. Washington submitted an account of $450,000 in expenses which he had advanced to the army the account was settled though it was allegedly vague about large sums and included expenses that his wife incurred through visits to his headquarters as well as his agreed compensation. . . Modern capitals James Smith Pennsylvania 1 Yes, At the start of each two-year session the House elects a speaker who does not normally preside over debates but serves as the majority party's leader in the Senate the vice president is the ex officio president of the Senate in addition the Senate elects an officer called the president pro tempore Pro tempore means for the time being and this office is usually held by the most senior member of the Senate's majority party and customarily keeps this position until there is a change in party control Accordingly the Senate does not necessarily elect a new president pro tempore at the beginning of a new Congress in both the House and Senate the actual presiding officer is generally a junior member of the majority party who is appointed so that new members become acquainted with the rules of the chamber. Beijing China (1984 renewed 2004 and 2012), 2 Compromise and adoption March 1861 inaugural at the Capitol building the dome above the rotunda was still under construction, In Pennsylvania New Jersey and New Hampshire the resulting constitutions embodied:.

11.1.3 Currency and postage 9 Impact of the war in the United States General McClellan During negotiations in Paris the American delegation discovered that France supported American independence but no territorial gains hoping to confine the new nation to the area east of the Appalachian Mountains the Americans opened direct secret negotiations with London cutting out the French British Prime Minister Lord Shelburne was in full charge of the British negotiations and he saw a chance to make the United States a valuable economic partner the US obtained all the land east of the Mississippi River south of Canada and north of Florida it gained fishing rights off Canadian coasts and agreed to allow British merchants and Loyalists to recover their property Prime Minister Shelburne foresaw highly profitable two-way trade between Britain and the rapidly growing United States which did come to pass the blockade was lifted and all British interference had been driven out and American merchants were free to trade with any nation anywhere in the world; 4.1 Settlement of borders The British also took New Jersey pushing the Continental Army into Pennsylvania Washington crossed the Delaware River back into New Jersey in a surprise attack in late December 1776 and defeated the Hessian and British armies at Trenton and Princeton thereby regaining control of most of New Jersey the victories gave an important boost to Patriots at a time when morale was flagging and they have become iconic events of the war. ; . Further information: Military career of George Washington. Burning of Washington August 1814. !