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. . . Washington proclaimed November 26 as a day of Thanksgiving in order to encourage national unity "It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God to obey His will to be grateful for His benefits and humbly to implore His protection and favor." He spent that day fasting and visiting debtors in prison to provide them with food and beer, The Act specified that the laws of the state from which the area was ceded would apply in the federal district meaning that Maryland laws applied on the eastern side of the Potomac while Virginia laws applied on the western side in the District of Columbia until the government officially took residence Upon assuming control of the federal district in 1800 Congress would have full authority over local matters within the District of Columbia, 10 References College of Philadelphia later merged into the University of Pennsylvania: Hugh Williamson. . On March 5 1770 a large crowd gathered around a group of British soldiers the crowd grew threatening throwing snowballs rocks and debris at them One soldier was clubbed and fell. There was no order to fire but the soldiers fired into the crowd anyway They hit 11 people; three civilians died at the scene of the shooting and two died after the incident the event quickly came to be called the Boston Massacre the soldiers were tried and acquitted (defended by John Adams) but the widespread descriptions soon began to turn colonial sentiment against the British This in turn began a downward spiral in the relationship between Britain and the Province of Massachusetts, In addition nearly 200,000 African-American men served with distinction in the Union forces as soldiers and sailors Most were escaped slaves the Confederacy was outraged by armed black soldiers and refused to treat them as prisoners of war They murdered many as at the Fort Pillow Massacre and re-enslaved others, On May 8 Zachary Taylor and 2,400 troops arrived to relieve the fort. However General Arista rushed north and intercepted him with a force of 3,400 at Palo Alto the U.S Army employed "flying artillery" their term for horse artillery a type of mobile light artillery that was mounted on horse carriages with the entire crew riding horses into battle it had a devastating effect on the Mexican army in contrast to the "flying artillery" of the Americans the Mexican cannons at the Battle of Palo Alto fired at such slow velocities that it was possible for American soldiers to dodge artillery rounds the Mexicans replied with cavalry skirmishes and their own artillery the U.S flying artillery somewhat demoralized the Mexican side and seeking terrain more to their advantage the Mexicans retreated to the far side of a dry riverbed (resaca) during the night it provided a natural fortification but during the retreat Mexican troops were scattered making communication difficult. . Battle of Chapultepec, This house on Duke Street houses the Freedom House Museum with exhibits on the slave trade and the lives of slaves, A month before the end of the war Polk was criticized in a United States House of Representatives amendment to a bill praising Major General Zachary Taylor for "a war unnecessarily and unconstitutionally begun by the President of the United States." This criticism in which Congressman Abraham Lincoln played an important role with his Spot Resolutions followed congressional scrutiny of the war's beginnings including factual challenges to claims made by President Polk the vote followed party lines with all Whigs supporting the amendment Lincoln's attack won lukewarm support from fellow Whigs in Illinois but was harshly counter-attacked by Democrats who rallied pro-war sentiments in Illinois; Lincoln's Spot resolutions haunted his future campaigns in the heavily Democratic state of Illinois and were cited by enemies well into his presidency.

Daniel Roberdeau Pennsylvania 1 Yes, Unassigned District of Columbia Colored, The British strategy in America now concentrated on a campaign in the southern states With fewer regular troops at their disposal the British commanders saw the "southern strategy" as a more viable plan as they perceived the south as strongly Loyalist with a large population of recent immigrants and large numbers of slaves who might be captured or run away to join the British! Abolition of slavery during or shortly after the American Revolution.