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Same-sex marriage has been legal in the District since 2010 and conversion therapy has been forbidden since 2015 Assisted suicide is also permitted in the district with a bill legalizing the practice being introduced in 2015 signed by mayor Muriel Bowser in 2016 and going into effect in 2017 making Washington D.C the seventh jurisdiction in the United States to have legalized assisted suicide along with Washington Oregon California Colorado Hawaii Montana and Vermont. 5.1 Opposition to the war 1 Reasons Henry Middleton South Carolina 1 Yes, 4 Statistics In London the Rockingham government came to power (July 1765) and Parliament debated whether to repeal the stamp tax or to send an army to enforce it Benjamin Franklin made the case for repeal explaining that the colonies had spent heavily in manpower money and blood in defense of the empire in a series of wars against the French and Indians and that further taxes to pay for those wars were unjust and might bring about a rebellion Parliament agreed and repealed the tax (February 21 1766) but insisted in the Declaratory Act of March 1766 that they retained full power to make laws for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever" the repeal nonetheless caused widespread celebrations in the colonies, Its trans-state location reflected a compromise between the Southern and Northern states Virginia lobbied for the selection an idea opposed by New York and Pennsylvania both of which had previously housed the nation's capital Maryland whose State House was older than that of Virginia and like Virginia a slave state was chosen as a compromise at Washington's request the City of Alexandria was included in the District though with the provision that no federal buildings could be built there the new capital district was at about the center of the country! Richard Henry Lee who introduced the Lee Resolution in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain, Main article: Culture of Washington D.C, Memorial to the Mexican cadets killed in the Battle of Chapultepec. At the same time the British were transporting Loyalists and their slaves primarily to the Caribbean but some to Nova Scotia for example over 5,000 enslaved Africans owned by Loyalists were transported in 1782 with their owners from Savannah to Jamaica and St Augustine Florida (then controlled by Britain) Similarly over half of the black people evacuated in 1782 from Charleston by the British to the West Indies and Florida were slaves owned by white Loyalists. Sri Lanka: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is designated the administrative capital and the location of the parliament while the former capital Colombo is now designated as the "commercial capital". However many government offices are still located in Colombo Both cities are in the Colombo District. Washington Crossing the Delaware December 25 1776 Emanuel Leutze (1851)[k] Gaborone Botswana (1964) The Native Americans of the region and thus the earliest white settlers referred to the South Branch Potomac River as the Wappatomaka Variants throughout the river's history included Wappatomica River Wapacomo River Wapocomo River Wappacoma River Wappatomaka River South Branch of Potowmac River and South Fork Potomac River; Counties in the United Kingdom have historic county towns which are often not the largest settlement within the county and often are no longer administrative centres as many historical counties are now only ceremonial and administrative boundaries are different.

! In February 1768 the Assembly of Massachusetts Bay issued a circular letter to the other colonies urging them to coordinate resistance the governor dissolved the assembly when it refused to rescind the letter Meanwhile a riot broke out in Boston in June 1768 over the seizure of the sloop Liberty owned by John Hancock for alleged smuggling Customs officials were forced to flee prompting the British to deploy troops to Boston a Boston town meeting declared that no obedience was due to parliamentary laws and called for the convening of a convention a convention assembled but only issued a mild protest before dissolving itself in January 1769 Parliament responded to the unrest by reactivating the Treason Act 1543 which called for subjects outside the realm to face trials for treason in England the governor of Massachusetts was instructed to collect evidence of said treason and the threat caused widespread outrage though it was not carried out! Robert Morris Independence National Historical Park George Ross Pennsylvania 2 Yes Yes The original intention of the Residence Act was to use proceeds from selling lots in the District to cover costs of constructing federal buildings in the capital However few were interested in purchasing lots a shortage of funds further contributed to the delays and problems in building the Capitol and other federal buildings in Washington. The British still controlled New York and many Patriot soldiers did not reenlist or had deserted after the harsh winter campaign Congress instituted greater rewards for re-enlisting and punishments for desertion in an effort to effect greater troop numbers. Strategically Washington's victories were pivotal for the Revolution and quashed the British strategy of showing overwhelming force followed by offering generous terms in February 1777 word reached London of the American victories at Trenton and Princeton and the British realized that the Patriots were in a position to demand unconditional independence! Abraham Baldwin Georgia 1 Yes, Washington stressed that national identity was paramount while a united America would safeguard freedom and prosperity He warned the nation of three eminent dangers: regionalism partisanship and foreign entanglements and said the "name of AMERICAN which belongs to you in your national capacity must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations." Washington called for men to move beyond partisanship for the common good stressing that the United States must concentrate on its own interests He warned against foreign alliances and their influence in domestic affairs and against bitter partisanship and the dangers of political parties. He counseled friendship and commerce with all nations but advised against involvement in European wars. He stressed the importance of religion asserting that "religion and morality are indispensable supports" in a republic. Washington's address favored Hamilton's Federalist ideology and economic policies, A tall red brick building in the center of a city skyline punctuated by steeples and other shorter buildings. . Peyton Randolph as president of the Continental Congress presided over creation of the Continental Association. !