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. This westward-looking aerial photograph shows the Shenandoah River (left) flowing into the Potomac River (right) at Harpers Ferry WV the Potomac then continues eastward toward the Chesapeake Bay (Visible in the foreground are the ruins of the famed B&O Bridge which was destroyed nine times during the Civil War -- four times by military action and five times by floods.)! ; Main article: 1860 United States presidential election Lincoln at Antietam! By 1815 the domestic slave trade had become a major economic activity in the United States; it lasted until the 1860s. Between 1830 and 1840 nearly 250,000 slaves were taken across state lines in the 1850s more than 193,000 were transported and historians estimate nearly one million in total took part in the forced migration of this new Middle Passage by 1860 the slave population in the United States had reached 4 million. Of all 1,515,605 free families in the fifteen slave states in 1860 nearly 400,000 held slaves (roughly one in four or 25%), amounting to 8% of all American families. Southern theater and Yorktown 8 Battalions District of Columbia Infantry {3 months unit-1861} 17 Further reading Main article: Presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Thomas Jefferson, 5.3 Bills and resolutions Main articles: Townshend Acts and Tea Act, Grasses of the Potomac River Basin Self-taught or little formal education! .

. 8.2 National debt The Spanish and the Dutch became allies of the French in 1779 and 1780 respectively forcing the British to fight a global war without major allies and requiring it to slip through a combined blockade of the Atlantic Britain began to view the American war for independence as merely one front in a wider war, and the British chose to withdraw troops from America to reinforce the sugar-producing Caribbean colonies which were more lucrative to British investors British commander Sir Henry Clinton evacuated Philadelphia and returned to New York City General Washington intercepted him in the Battle of Monmouth Court House the last major battle fought in the north After an inconclusive engagement the British retreated to New York City the northern war subsequently became a stalemate as the focus of attention shifted to the smaller southern theater. On April 17 2012 the Space Shuttle Discovery was ferried to Dulles mounted to a NASA 747-100 as part of its decommissioning and installation in the Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center, 4 Planned capitals Further information: Abolition of slavery timeline and List of notable opponents of slavery, 7 Capital as symbol Midfield terminals. ! . Map of the U.S showing Lincoln winning the North-east and West Breckinridge winning the South Douglas winning Missouri and Bell winning Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky, President John Witherspoon of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) wrote widely circulated sermons linking the American Revolution to the teachings of the Bible Throughout the colonies dissenting Protestant ministers (Congregational Baptist and Presbyterian) preached Revolutionary themes in their sermons while most Church of England clergymen preached loyalty to the king the titular head of the English state church. Religious motivation for fighting tyranny transcended socioeconomic lines to encompass rich and poor men and women frontiersmen and townsmen farmers and merchants the Declaration of Independence also referred to the "Laws of Nature and of Nature's God" as justification for the Americans' separation from the British monarchy Most eighteenth-century Americans believed that the entire universe ("nature") was God's creation and he was "Nature's God" Everything was part of the "universal order of things" which began with God and was directed by his providence. Accordingly the signers of the Declaration professed their "firm reliance on the Protection of divine Providence" and they appealed to "the Supreme Judge for the rectitude of our intentions". George Washington was firmly convinced that he was an instrument of providence to the benefit of the American people and of all humanity, Wilmot Proviso Dams on the Potomac River. Colonial America All three branches of the U.S federal government are centered in the District: Congress (legislative) president (executive) and the Supreme Court (judicial) Washington is home to many national monuments and museums primarily situated on or around the National Mall the city hosts 177 foreign embassies as well as the headquarters of many international organizations trade unions non-profits lobbying groups and professional associations including the World Bank Group the International Monetary Fund (IMF) the Organization of American States AARP the National Geographic Society the Human Rights Campaign the International Finance Corporation and the American Red Cross, Washington the Soldier William Henry Drayton South Carolina 1 Yes. Faced with an open rebellion that had turned hostile Lincoln began organizing a military force to protect Washington the Confederates desired to make Washington their capital and massed to take it On April 10 forces began to trickle into the city On April 19 the Baltimore riot threatened the arrival of further reinforcements Led by Andrew Carnegie a railroad was built circumventing Baltimore allowing soldiers to arrive on April 25 thereby saving the capital.