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With the rise of modern empires and the nation-state the capital city has become a symbol for the state and its government and imbued with political meaning Unlike medieval capitals which were declared wherever a monarch held his or her court the selection relocation founding or capture of a modern capital city is an emotional event for example:, 1840 2,487,355 386,293 2,873,648 13% 17,063,353 17% The anti-literacy laws after 1832 contributed greatly to the problem of widespread illiteracy facing the freedmen and other African Americans after Emancipation and the Civil War 35 years later the problem of illiteracy and need for education was seen as one of the greatest challenges confronting these people as they sought to join the free enterprise system and support themselves during Reconstruction and thereafter, Regarding the beginning of the war Ulysses S Grant who had opposed the war but served as an army lieutenant in Taylor's Army claims in his Personal Memoirs (1885) that the main goal of the U.S Army's advance from Nueces River to Rio Grande was to provoke the outbreak of war without attacking first to debilitate any political opposition to the war. 7 Civil War and emancipation U.S occupation of Mexico City Peyton Randolph Virginia 1 Yes History 14 Bibliography Further information: Presidency of James K Polk! . 5.4.1 Surrender at Yorktown (1781) The Capitol was according to some contemporary travelers the only building in Washington "worthy to be noticed." Thus it was a prime target for the British invaders both for its aesthetic and symbolic value Upon arrival into the city via Maryland Avenue the British targeted the Capitol (first the southern wing containing the House of Representatives then the northern wing containing the Senate). Prior to setting it aflame the British looted the building (which at that time housed Congress the Library of Congress and the Supreme Court) Items looted by British General Sir George Cockburn included "An account of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the year 1810.". Main article: Territories of the United States Morrill Tariff Bleeding Kansas. 3.2 Youth and longevity 1982 81.0% 95,007 14.1% 16,502 Main article: Territories of the United States, Matthew Thornton New Hampshire 1 Yes Washington D.C. Business Directory 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.

. Confluence of the North and South Branches of the Potomac River near Potomac Forks Campsite (southeast of Cumberland) Allegany County Maryland Schools of thought[show]. . 2.1 Governing bodies Main articles: Dred Scott v Sandford and Freedom suits After the Revolution genuinely democratic politics became possible in the former colonies the rights of the people were incorporated into state constitutions Concepts of liberty individual rights equality among men and hostility toward corruption became incorporated as core values of liberal republicanism the greatest challenge to the old order in Europe was the challenge to inherited political power and the democratic idea that government rests on the consent of the governed the example of the first successful revolution against a European empire and the first successful establishment of a republican form of democratically elected government provided a model for many other colonial peoples who realized that they too could break away and become self-governing nations with directly elected representative government. Painting showing Washington on horseback accepting the surrender of Hessian troops after the Battle at Trenton N.J, Debate and results Denmark Vesey's conspiracy (1822), Second term 1.2 Burning during the War of 1812.