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Checks and balances The full Virginia Regiment joined Washington at Fort Necessity the following month with news that he had been promoted to command of the regiment and to colonel upon the death of the regimental commander the regiment was reinforced by an independent company of 100 South Carolinians led by Captain James Mackay whose royal commission outranked Washington and a conflict of command ensued On July 3 a French force attacked with 900 men and the ensuing battle ended in Washington's surrender in the aftermath Colonel James Innes took command of intercolonial forces the Virginia Regiment was divided and Washington was offered a captaincy which he refused with resignation of his commission, When the election of 1792 neared Washington did not publicly announce his presidential candidacy but silently consented to run to prevent a further political-personal rift in his cabinet the Electoral College unanimously elected him president on February 13 1793 and John Adams as vice president by a vote of 77 to 50. Washington with nominal fanfare arrived alone at his inauguration in his carriage Sworn into office by Associate Justice William Cushing on March 4 1793 in the Senate Chamber of Congress Hall in Philadelphia Washington gave a brief address and then immediately retired to his Philadelphia presidential house weary of office and in poor health, 4.1 Initial skirmish at the Nueces Strip. To be eligible for election a candidate must be aged at least 25 (House) or 30 (Senate) have been a citizen of the United States for seven (House) or nine (Senate) years and be an inhabitant of the state which they represent. The Constitution specifies that a majority of members known as a quorum be present before doing business in each house However the rules of each house assume that a quorum is present unless a quorum call demonstrates the contrary and debate often continues despite the lack of a majority, The city was defended by Mexican General Juan Morales with 3,400 men Mortars and naval guns under Commodore Matthew C Perry were used to reduce the city walls and harass defenders After a bombardment on March 24 1847 the walls of Veracruz had a thirty-foot gap the city replied the best it could with its own artillery the effect of the extended barrage destroyed the will of the Mexican side to fight against a numerically superior force and they surrendered the city after 12 days under siege U.S troops suffered 80 casualties while the Mexican side had around 180 killed and wounded while hundreds of civilians were killed. During the siege the U.S side began to fall victim to yellow fever, 12.2 Citations On July 9 1790 Congress passed the Residence Act which approved the creation of a national capital on the Potomac River the exact location was to be selected by President George Washington who signed the bill into law on July 16 Formed from land donated by the states of Maryland and Virginia the initial shape of the federal district was a square measuring 10 miles (16 km) on each side totaling 100 square miles (259 km2).[b]. . .

. . U.S occupation of Mexico City Main article: District of Columbia retrocession Booth crept up from behind and at about 10:13 pm fired at the back of Lincoln's head mortally wounding him Lincoln's guest Major Henry Rathbone momentarily grappled with Booth but Booth stabbed him and escaped.:597. Washington D.C. Business Directory Congress's "power of the purse" authorizes taxing citizens spending money and printing currency. George Wythe Virginia 1 Yes, By law Washington's skyline is low and sprawling the federal Height of Buildings Act of 1910 allows buildings that are no taller than the width of the adjacent street plus 20 feet (6.1 m). Despite popular belief no law has ever limited buildings to the height of the United States Capitol Building or the 555-foot (169 m) Washington Monument, which remains the District's tallest structure City leaders have criticized the height restriction as a primary reason why the District has limited affordable housing and traffic problems caused by urban sprawl, However the national government had no money either to pay the war debts owed to European nations and the private banks or to pay Americans who had been given millions of dollars of promissory notes for supplies during the war Nationalists led by Washington Alexander Hamilton and other veterans feared that the new nation was too fragile to withstand an international war or even internal revolts such as the Shays' Rebellion of 1786 in Massachusetts They convinced Congress to call the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 and named their party the Federalist party the Convention adopted a new Constitution which provided for a much stronger federal government including an effective executive in a check-and-balance system with the judiciary and legislature the Constitution was ratified in 1788 after a fierce debate in the states over the nature of the proposed new government the new government under President George Washington took office in New York in March 1789. James Madison spearheaded Congressional amendments to the Constitution as assurances to those who were cautious about federal power guaranteeing many of the inalienable rights that formed a foundation for the revolution and Rhode Island was the final state to ratify the Constitution in 1791. . . Democratic Representative David Wilmot introduced the Wilmot Proviso which would prohibit slavery in new territory acquired from Mexico Wilmot's proposal passed the House but not the Senate and it spurred further hostility between the factions.[citation needed].