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. The US Treasury Building (built 1804) In June 1772 American patriots including John Brown burned a British warship that had been vigorously enforcing unpopular trade regulations in what became known as the Gaspee Affair the affair was investigated for possible treason but no action was taken. 1.1 Foundation Many of them had moved from one colony to another Eighteen had already lived studied or worked in more than one colony: Baldwin Bassett Bedford Davie Dickinson Few Franklin Ingersoll Hamilton Livingston Alexander Martin Luther Martin Mercer Gouverneur Morris Robert Morris Read Sherman and Williamson. 8 Concluding the Revolution Commissioned and named by President Washington in 1794 Letter to Lafayette Across the South white legislatures enacted harsh new laws to curtail the already limited rights of African Americans Virginia prohibited blacks free or slave from practicing preaching prohibited blacks from owning firearms and forbade anyone to teach slaves or free blacks how to read it specified heavy penalties for both student and teacher if slaves were educated including whippings or jail. . . .

Nashville Convention 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]. On January 29 1850 Senator Henry Clay introduced a plan which combined the major subjects under discussion His legislative package included the admission of California as a free state the cession by Texas of some of its northern and western territorial claims in return for debt relief the establishment of New Mexico and Utah territories a ban on the importation of slaves into the District of Columbia for sale and a more stringent fugitive slave law. Clay had originally favored voting on each of his proposals separately but Senator Henry S Foote of Mississippi convinced him to combine the proposals regarding California's admission and the disposition of Texas's borders into one bill. Clay hoped that this combination of measures would convince congressmen from both North and South to support the overall package of laws even if they objected to specific provisions. Clay's proposal attracted the support of some Northern Democrats and Southern Whigs but it lacked the backing necessary to win passage and debate over the bill continued. . Lt Col Washington holding night council at Fort Necessity Congress passed the Organic Act of 1871 which repealed the individual charters of the cities of Washington and Georgetown and created a new territorial government for the whole District of Columbia. President Grant appointed Alexander Robey Shepherd to the position of governor in 1873 Shepherd authorized large-scale projects that greatly modernized the City of Washington but ultimately bankrupted the District government in 1874 Congress replaced the territorial government with an appointed three-member Board of Commissioners. .