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. In 1973 Congress enacted the District of Columbia Home Rule Act providing for an elected mayor and 13-member council for the District in 1975 Walter Washington became the first elected and first black mayor of the District. . Soon after signing the act Washington began work on the project He along with Thomas Jefferson personally oversaw the process as plans were developed and implemented. Even as the project began to move forward some held out hope that it would fail and that the capital would remain permanently in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania's congressional delegation attempted to undermine the plan by introducing legislation allocating funds for federal buildings and a house for the president in Philadelphia, The Continental Army further diminished by expiring short-term enlistments and by January 1776 was reduced by half to 9,600 men had to be supplemented with militia and was joined by Knox with heavy artillery captured from Fort Ticonderoga. When the Charles River froze over Washington was eager to cross and storm Boston but General Gates and others were opposed to untrained militia striking well garrisoned fortifications Washington reluctantly agreed to secure Dorchester Heights 100 feet above Boston in an attempt to force the British out of the city. On March 9 under cover of darkness Washington's troops brought up Knox's big guns and bombarded British ships in Boston harbor by March 17 9,000 British troops and Loyalists began a chaotic 10-day evacuation of Boston aboard 120 ships Soon after Washington entered the city with 500 men with strict orders not to plunder the city He ordered vaccinations against smallpox to great effect as he did later in Morristown New Jersey. He refrained from exerting military authority in Boston leaving civilian matters in the hands of local authorities.[j].

Further information: Presidency of James K Polk In January 1791 the President proceeded to appoint in accordance with the Residence Act a three-member commission consisting of Daniel Carroll Thomas Johnson and David Stuart to oversee the surveying of the federal district and appointed Andrew Ellicott as surveyor Washington informed Congress of the site selection on January 24 and suggested that Congress amend the Act to allow the capital to encompass areas to the south of the Eastern Branch including Alexandria Virginia Congress agreed with this suggestion passing an amendment to the Act that Washington approved on March 3 1791 However consistent with language in the original Act the amendment specifically prohibited the "erection of the public buildings otherwise than on the Maryland side of the river Potomac". Source of data: USGS 6.2 Mammals In 1845 Texas agreed to the offer of annexation by the US Congress and became the 28th state on December 29 1845. Santa Anna's last campaign, During the Spanish colonial era the Californias (i.e. the Baja California peninsula and Alta California) were sparsely settled After Mexico became independent it shut down the missions and reduced its military presence in 1842 the US minister in Mexico Waddy Thompson Jr suggested Mexico might be willing to cede Alta California to settle debts saying: "As to Texas I regard it as of very little value compared with California the richest the most beautiful and the healthiest country in the world . with the acquisition of Upper California we should have the same ascendency on the Pacific . France and England both have had their eyes upon it."[citation needed], Washington D.C. Business Directory. Ivory Coast: Yamoussoukro was designated the national capital in 1983 but most government offices and embassies are still located in Abidjan.