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. Aftermath In 2013 an episode of the Weather Channel documentary series When Weather Changed History entitled "The Thunderstorm That Saved D.C." was devoted to these events. . Following the Battle of Bunker Hill in June 1775 the Patriots had control of Massachusetts outside the Boston city limits and the Loyalists suddenly found themselves on the defensive with no protection from the British army in all 13 colonies Patriots had overthrown their existing governments closing courts and driving away British officials They had elected conventions and "legislatures" that existed outside any legal framework; new constitutions were drawn up in each state to supersede royal charters They declared that they were states not colonies. Further information: Diplomacy in the American Revolutionary War In a section negotiated by James Madison of Virginia Section 2 of Article I designated "other persons" (slaves) to be added to the total of the state's free population at the rate of three-fifths of their total number to establish the state's official population for the purposes of apportionment of Congressional representation and federal taxation. This disproportionately strengthened the political power of Southern representatives as three-fifths of the (non-voting) slave population was counted for Congressional apportionment.

The original intention of the Residence Act was to use proceeds from selling lots in the District to cover costs of constructing federal buildings in the capital However few were interested in purchasing lots a shortage of funds further contributed to the delays and problems in building the Capitol and other federal buildings in Washington. . .