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Scott then marched westward on April 2 1847 toward Mexico City with 8,500 healthy troops while Santa Anna set up a defensive position in a canyon around the main road about 50 miles (80 km) north-west of Veracruz near the hamlet of Cerro Gordo Santa Anna had entrenched with 12,000 troops and artillery that were trained on the road where he expected Scott to appear However Scott had sent 2,600 mounted dragoons ahead and they reached the pass on April 12 the Mexican artillery prematurely fired on them and therefore revealed their positions beginning the Battle of Cerro Gordo. . . ; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Paris. Prairie lawyer 6 See also Effects on Southern economic development The Blodget Hotel which housed the US Patent Office; spared during the burning of Washington in 1814 the Patent Office later burned in 1836. Main article: Battle of Long Island, A major role for members of Congress is providing services to constituents. Constituents request assistance with problems. Providing services helps members of Congress win votes and elections and can make a difference in close races. Congressional staff can help citizens navigate government bureaucracies. One academic described the complex intertwined relation between lawmakers and constituents as home style.:8. Landmarks Among the significant results of the revolution was the creation of the United States Constitution establishing a relatively strong federal national government which included an executive a national judiciary and a bicameral Congress representing states in the Senate and the population in the House of Representatives the Revolution also resulted in the migration of around 60,000 Loyalists to other British territories especially British North America (Canada).

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