Tariff of 1828 Polk mistrusted Taylor who he felt had shown incompetence in the Battle of Monterrey by agreeing to the armistice Taylor later used the Battle of Buena Vista as the centerpiece of his successful 1848 presidential campaign. Residence Act 1790 The city's first motorized streetcars began service in 1888 and generated growth in areas of the District beyond the City of Washington's original boundaries Washington's urban plan was expanded throughout the District in the following decades. Georgetown's street grid and other administrative details were formally merged to those of the legal City of Washington in 1895. However the city had poor housing conditions and strained public works the District was the first city in the nation to undergo urban renewal projects as part of the "City Beautiful movement" in the early 1900s! . Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions U.S brig Perry confronting the slave ship Martha off Ambriz on June 6 1850, Although the legislation did not specify an exact location it was assumed that Georgetown would be the capital Washington began scouting the area to the southeast of Georgetown near the Anacostia River (Eastern Branch) Some of the property owners expressed to the President that they were willing to sell land for the capital Washington also looked at other sites along the Potomac He decided that a few sites should be surveyed to provide specific details about the land and its ownership Washington returned to Philadelphia in late November 1790 to meet with Jefferson at this time the decision was reached to locate the capital at or adjacent to Georgetown, which was a short distance below the Fall Line and the farthest inland point for navigation.[citation needed].
As the war progressed the overcrowding severely strained the city's water supply the Army Corps of Engineers constructed a new aqueduct that brought 10,000 US gallons (38,000 l; 8,300 imp gal) of fresh water to the city each day.[clarification needed] Police and fire protection was beefed up and work resumed to complete the unfinished dome of the Capitol Building However for most of the war Washington suffered from unpaved streets poor sanitation and garbage collection swarms of mosquitos facilitated by the dank canals and sewers and poor ventilation in most public (and private) buildings. This would change in the decade to follow under the leadership District Governor Alexander "Boss" Shepherd. In 1830 a disgruntled ex-employee of the estate attempted to steal what he thought was Washington's skull prompting the construction of a more secure vault the next year the new vault was constructed at Mount Vernon to receive the remains of George and Martha and other relatives in 1832 a joint Congressional committee debated moving his body from Mount Vernon to a crypt in the Capitol the crypt had been built by architect Charles Bulfinch in the 1820s during the reconstruction of the burned-out capital after the Burning of Washington by the British during the War of 1812 Southern opposition was intense antagonized by an ever-growing rift between North and South; many were concerned that Washington's remains could end up on "a shore foreign to his native soil" if the country became divided and Washington's remains stayed in Mount Vernon. The next day a large armed force of approximately 500 New Mexicans and Pueblo attacked and laid siege to Simeon Turley's mill in Arroyo Hondo several miles outside of Taos Charles Autobees an employee at the mill saw the men coming He rode to Santa Fe for help from the occupying U.S forces Eight to ten mountain men were left at the mill for defense After a day-long battle only two of the mountain men survived John David Albert and Thomas Tate Tobin Autobees' half brother Both escaped separately on foot during the night the same day New Mexican insurgents killed seven American traders who were passing through the village of Mora at most 15 Americans were killed in both actions on January 20. . .
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