Maj Gen Today more than 100 battlefields and historic sites of the American Revolution are protected and maintained by the government the National Park Service alone owns and maintains more than 50 battlefield parks and sites related to the Revolution the American Battlefield Trust preserves almost 700 acres of battlefield land in six states. The soldiers burned the president's house and fuel was added to the fires that night to ensure they would continue burning into the next day. . Property qualifications for voting and even more substantial requirements for elected positions (though New York and Maryland lowered property qualifications), Parson Weems's wrote a hagiographic biography in 1809 to honor Washington. Historian Ron Chernow maintains that Weems attempted to humanize Washington making him look less stern and to inspire "patriotism and morality" and to foster "enduring myths" such as Washington's refusal to lie about damaging his father's cherry tree. Weems' accounts have never been proven or disproven. Historian John Ferling however maintains that Washington remains the only founder and president ever to be referred to as "godlike" and points out that his character has been the most scrutinized by historians past and present. Historian Gordon S Wood concludes that "the greatest act of his life the one that gave him his greatest fame was his resignation as commander-in-chief of the American forces." Chernow suggests that Washington was "burdened by public life" and divided by "unacknowledged ambition mingled with self-doubt." a 1993 review of presidential polls and surveys consistently ranked Washington number 4 3 or 2 among presidents a 2018 Siena College Research Institute survey ranked him number 1 among presidents. Elections are influenced by many variables Some political scientists speculate there is a coattail effect (when a popular president or party position has the effect of reelecting incumbents who win by "riding on the president's coattails") although there is some evidence that the coattail effect is irregular and possibly declining since the 1950s. Some districts are so heavily Democratic or Republican that they are called a safe seat; any candidate winning the primary will almost always be elected and these candidates do not need to spend money on advertising. But some races can be competitive when there is no incumbent If a seat becomes vacant in an open district then both parties may spend heavily on advertising in these races; in California in 1992 only four of twenty races for House seats were considered highly competitive. 1990 606,900 -4.9% Edward Biddle Pennsylvania 1 Yes 1900 278,718 21.0% Henry Clay takes the floor of the Old Senate Chamber; Vice President Millard Fillmore presides as John C Calhoun (to the right of the Speaker's chair) and Daniel Webster (seated to the left of Clay) look on. 18 External links Washington made repeated petitions to the Continental Congress for provisions He received a congressional delegation to check the Army's conditions and expressed the urgency of the situation proclaiming: "Something must be done Important alterations must be made." He recommended that Congress expedite supplies and Congress agreed to strengthen and fund the army's supply lines by reorganizing the commissary department by late February supplies began arriving, Motto(s): Justitia Omnibus 14 See also, Athens Greece (2000) In the late 20th century the media became more important in Congress's work. Analyst Michael Schudson suggested that greater publicity undermined the power of political parties and caused "more roads to open up in Congress for individual representatives to influence decisions". Norman Ornstein suggested that media prominence led to a greater emphasis on the negative and sensational side of Congress and referred to this as the tabloidization of media coverage. Others saw pressure to squeeze a political position into a thirty-second soundbite a report characterized Congress in 2013 as being unproductive gridlocked and "setting records for futility" in October 2013 with Congress unable to compromise the government was shut down for several weeks and risked a serious default on debt payments causing 60% of the public to say they would "fire every member of Congress" including their own representative. One report suggested Congress posed the "biggest risk to the US economy" because of its brinksmanship "down-to-the-wire budget and debt crises" and "indiscriminate spending cuts" resulting in slowed economic activity and keeping up to two million people unemployed. There has been increasing public dissatisfaction with Congress, with extremely low approval ratings which dropped to 5% in October 2013.
Total 472,381 Mayoral election results, In June 1775 Congress ordered an invasion of Canada led by Benedict Arnold who despite Washington's strong objection drew volunteers from the latter's force during the Siege of Boston the move on Quebec failed the American forces were reduced to less than half and retreated, The colonists protested and the boundary line was adjusted in a series of treaties with the Indians in 1768 Indians agreed to the Treaty of Fort Stanwix and the Treaty of Hard Labour followed in 1770 by the Treaty of Lochaber the treaties opened most of Kentucky and West Virginia to colonial settlement the new map was drawn up at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1768 which moved the line much farther to the west from the green line to the red line on the map at right. "The victories in Mexico were in every instance over vastly superior numbers There were two reasons for this Both General Scott and General Taylor had such armies as are not often got together At the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca-de-la-Palma General Taylor had a small army but it was composed exclusively of regular troops under the best of drill and discipline Every officer from the highest to the lowest was educated in his profession not at West Point necessarily but in the camp in garrison and many of them in Indian wars the rank and file were probably inferior as material out of which to make an army to the volunteers that participated in all the later battles of the war; but they were brave men and then drill and discipline brought out all there was in them a better army man for man probably never faced an enemy than the one commanded by General Taylor in the earliest two engagements of the Mexican war the volunteers who followed were of better material but without drill or discipline at the start They were associated with so many disciplined men and professionally educated officers that when they went into engagements it was with a confidence they would not have felt otherwise They became soldiers themselves almost at once All these conditions we would enjoy again in case of war.". 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.).
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