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7 Privileges and pay Washington is shown presiding as Master Mason over a lodge meeting In 1777 the British sent Burgoyne's invasion force from Canada south to New York to seal off New England Their aim was to isolate New England which the British perceived as the primary source of agitation Rather than move north to support Burgoyne the British army in New York City went to Philadelphia in a major case of mis-coordination capturing it from Washington the invasion army under Burgoyne was much too slow and became trapped in northern New York state it surrendered after the Battles of Saratoga in October 1777 From early October 1777 until November 15 a siege distracted British troops at Fort Mifflin Philadelphia Pennsylvania and allowed Washington time to preserve the Continental Army by safely leading his troops to harsh winter quarters at Valley Forge. . 5 Washington D.C during the later stages of the War In June 1775 Congress ordered an invasion of Canada led by Benedict Arnold who despite Washington's strong objection drew volunteers from the latter's force during the Siege of Boston the move on Quebec failed the American forces were reduced to less than half and retreated. This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Washington has two local NPR affiliates WAMU and WETA, The Lincoln Cabinet, Opponents of D.C voting rights propose that the Founding Fathers never intended for District residents to have a vote in Congress since the Constitution makes clear that representation must come from the states Those opposed to making D.C a state claim that such a move would destroy the notion of a separate national capital and that statehood would unfairly grant Senate representation to a single city particularly one certain to elect Democratic representatives. . As of the 1860 Census one may compute the following statistics on slaveholding: Background Advanced degrees and apprenticeships Star of the West 9.1 Effect on the American Civil War!

1972 78.1% 127,627 21.6% 35,226, In London the Rockingham government came to power (July 1765) and Parliament debated whether to repeal the stamp tax or to send an army to enforce it Benjamin Franklin made the case for repeal explaining that the colonies had spent heavily in manpower money and blood in defense of the empire in a series of wars against the French and Indians and that further taxes to pay for those wars were unjust and might bring about a rebellion Parliament agreed and repealed the tax (February 21 1766) but insisted in the Declaratory Act of March 1766 that they retained full power to make laws for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever" the repeal nonetheless caused widespread celebrations in the colonies, Further information: Saint Patrick's Battalion Researchers found that there were 4,822 same-sex couples in the District of Columbia in 2010; about 2% of total households. Legislation authorizing same-sex marriage passed in 2009 and the District began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in March 2010. . As part of the Compromise of 1850 Congress abolished the domestic slave trade (though not the legality of slavery) in the District of Columbia After 1854 Republicans argued that the Slave Power especially the pro-slavery Democratic Party controlled two of the three branches of the Federal government.