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Underground Railroad 1 Origin Kitzmiller Hancock Williamsport Shepherdstown, American Slavery As it Is See also: Thirteen Colonies. ! . 1980 74.9% 130,231 13.4% 26,218, 6.2 Smaller states and bigger states, Washington the Constable Painting by Gilbert Stuart (1795) formal portrait of President George Washington. Prohibition against individuals holding multiple government posts, 14.4 Political and diplomatic Origins In June 1864 Lincoln approved the Yosemite Grant enacted by Congress which provided unprecedented federal protection for the area now known as Yosemite National Park. !

; 2.2.3 Legal apprenticeships Desertion Hamilton created controversy among Cabinet members by advocating the establishment of the First Bank of the United States Madison and Jefferson objected but the bank easily passed Congress Jefferson and Randolph insisted that the new bank was beyond the authority granted by the constitution as Hamilton believed Washington sided with Hamilton and signed the legislation on February 25 and the rift became openly hostile between Hamilton and Jefferson, The marriage gave Washington control over Martha's one-third dower interest in the 18,000-acre (7,300 ha) Custis estate and he managed the remaining two-thirds for Martha's children; the estate also included 84 slaves He became one of Virginia's wealthiest men which increased his social standing. Formal portrait of Chief Justice John Jay wearing judge's robe The soldiers burned the president's house and fuel was added to the fires that night to ensure they would continue burning into the next day. ; . . Presidential election results Thomas McKean Delaware 3 Yes Yes Yes Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais Brazil (1897), The outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 led to the expansion of the federal government and notable growth in the District's population including a large influx of freed slaves. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act in 1862 which ended slavery in the District of Columbia and freed about 3,100 enslaved persons nine months prior to the Emancipation Proclamation in 1868 Congress granted the District's African American male residents the right to vote in municipal elections. Washington has had a significant African American population since the city's foundation. African American residents composed about 30% of the District's total population between 1800 and 1940 the black population reached a peak of 70% by 1970 but has since steadily declined due to many African Americans moving to the surrounding suburbs Partly as a result of gentrification there was a 31.4% increase in the non-Hispanic white population and an 11.5% decrease in the black population between 2000 and 2010.