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The Second Continental Congress approved the "Articles of Confederation" for ratification by the states on November 15 1777; the Congress immediately began operating under the Articles' terms providing a structure of shared sovereignty during prosecution of the war and facilitating international relations and alliances with France and Spain the articles were ratified on March 1 1781 at that point the Continental Congress was dissolved and a new government of the United States in Congress Assembled took its place on the following day with Samuel Huntington as presiding officer, Washington had an estimated population of 702,455 as of July 2018, making it the 20th most populous city in the United States Commuters from the surrounding Maryland and Virginia suburbs raise the city's daytime population to more than one million during the workweek. Washington's metropolitan area the country's sixth largest had a 2017 estimated population of 6.2 million residents, Ideology and factions Presidential election results. 2010 601,723 5.2% Further information: Native Americans in the United States Battle of Fallen Timbers Treaty of New York (1790) Treaty of Greenville Northwest Territory and Ohio Country. U.S Army occupation of Mexico City in 1847 the American flag is flying over the National Palace the seat of the Mexican government.

6.2 California campaign William Wells Brown who escaped to freedom reported that on one plantation slave men were required to pick 80 pounds per day of cotton while women were required to pick 70 pounds; if any slave failed in his or her quota they were subject to whip lashes for each pound they were short the whipping post stood next to the cotton scales a New York man who attended a slave auction in the mid-19th century reported that at least three-quarters of the male slaves he saw at sale had scars on their backs from whipping by contrast small slave-owning families had closer relationships between the owners and slaves; this sometimes resulted in a more humane environment but was not a given. . North Fork South Branch Potomac River, The desertion rate in the U.S Army was 8.3% (9,200 out of 111,000) compared to 12.7% during the War of 1812 and usual peacetime rates of about 14.8% per year. Many men deserted to join another U.S unit and get a second enlistment bonus Some deserted because of the miserable conditions in camp it has been suggested that others used the army to get free transportation to California where they deserted to join the gold rush; this however is unlikely as gold was only discovered in California on January 24 1848 less than two weeks before the war concluded.[original research?] By the time word reached the eastern U.S that gold had been discovered word also reached it that the war was over, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Paris. 5 Unusual capital city arrangements Further information: History of Washington D.C and Timeline of Washington D.C, 6.10 Anti-guerrilla campaign William Floyd New York 2 Yes Yes The Smithsonian Institution is an educational foundation chartered by Congress in 1846 that maintains most of the nation's official museums and galleries in Washington D.C the U.S government partially funds the Smithsonian and its collections are open to the public free of charge the Smithsonian's locations had a combined total of 30 million visits in 2013 the most visited museum is the National Museum of Natural History on the National Mall. Other Smithsonian Institution museums and galleries on the mall are: the National Air and Space Museum; the National Museum of African Art; the National Museum of American History; the National Museum of the American Indian; the Sackler and Freer galleries which both focus on Asian art and culture; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; the Arts and Industries Building; the S Dillon Ripley Center; and the Smithsonian Institution Building (also known as "The Castle") which serves as the institution's headquarters the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery are housed in the Old Patent Office Building near Washington's Chinatown the Renwick Gallery is officially part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum but is in a separate building near the White House Other Smithsonian museums and galleries include: the Anacostia Community Museum in Southeast Washington; the National Postal Museum near Union Station; and the National Zoo in Woodley Park.