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. . . Social background and commonalities Bukittinggi West Sumatra Indonesia (1948) Republic of Texas, Washington D.C. Business Directory 60 years later in the early years of the Chesapeake Bay settlements colonial officials found it difficult to attract and retain laborers under the harsh frontier conditions and there was a high mortality rate. Most laborers came from Britain as indentured laborers signing contracts of indenture to pay with work for their passage their upkeep and their training usually on a farm the colonies had agricultural economies These indentured laborers were often young people who intended to become permanent residents in some cases convicted criminals were transported to the colonies as indentured laborers rather than being imprisoned the indentured laborers were not slaves but were required to work for four to seven years in Virginia to pay the cost of their passage and maintenance. Many Germans Scots-Irish and Irish came to the colonies in the 18th century settling in the backcountry of Pennsylvania and further south. 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. ! The first draft of the compromise of 1850 had Texas's northwestern boundary be a straight diagonal line from the Rio Grande 20 miles north of El Paso to the Red River (Mississippi watershed) at the 100th meridian west the southwestern corner of today's Oklahoma. Main article: Treatment of slaves in the United States Year Democratic Republican The Mexican government's policy of settlement of U.S citizens in its province of Tejas was aimed at expanding control into Comanche lands the Comancheria Instead of settlement occurring in the central and west of the province people settled in East Texas where there was rich farmland and which was contiguous to the southern U.S slave states as settlers poured in from the U.S. the Mexican government discouraged further settlement with its 1829 abolition of slavery.

. Opposition to the war 11 Notes 8 External links Born in Kentucky Lincoln grew up on the frontier in a poor family Self-educated he became a lawyer Whig Party leader Illinois state legislator and Congressman in 1849 he left government to resume his law practice but angered by the success of Democrats in opening the prairie lands to slavery reentered politics in 1854 He became a leader in the new Republican Party and gained national attention in 1858 for debating national Democratic leader Stephen A Douglas in the 1858 Illinois Senate campaign He then ran for President in 1860 sweeping the North and winning Southern pro-slavery elements took his win as proof that the North was rejecting the constitutional rights of Southern states to practice slavery They began the process of seceding from the union to secure its independence the new Confederate States of America fired on Fort Sumter one of the few U.S forts in the South Lincoln called up volunteers and militia to suppress the rebellion and restore the Union. Efficiency of slaves Main article: Baltimore Plot College of William and Mary: Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Harrison V. The National Park Service manages most of the 9,122 acres (36.92 km2) of city land owned by the U.S government. Rock Creek Park is a 1,754-acre (7.10 km2) urban forest in Northwest Washington which extends 9.3 miles (15.0 km) through a stream valley that bisects the city Established in 1890 it is the country's fourth-oldest national park and is home to a variety of plant and animal species including raccoon deer owls and coyotes. Other National Park Service properties include the C&O Canal National Historical Park the National Mall and Memorial Parks Theodore Roosevelt Island Columbia Island Fort Dupont Park Meridian Hill Park Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens and Anacostia Park the D.C Department of Parks and Recreation maintains the city's 900 acres (3.6 km2) of athletic fields and playgrounds 40 swimming pools and 68 recreation centers the U.S Department of Agriculture operates the 446-acre (1.80 km2) U.S National Arboretum in Northeast Washington, Main articles: Capture of Santa Fe and Taos Revolt. . . During most of the British colonial period slavery existed in all the colonies People enslaved in the North typically worked as house servants artisans laborers and craftsmen with the greater number in cities Many men worked on the docks and in shipping in 1703 more than 42 percent of New York City households held slaves the second-highest proportion of any city in the colonies after Charleston South Carolina. But slaves were also used as agricultural workers in farm communities including in areas of upstate New York and Long Island Connecticut and New Jersey by 1770 there were 397,924 Blacks in a population of 2.17 million They were unevenly distributed There were 14,867 in New England where they were 2.7% of the population; 34,679 in the mid-Atlantic colonies where they were 6% of the population (19,000 were in New York or 11%); and 347,378 in the five southern Colonies were they were 31% of the population! Jay Thomas Mifflin and Nathaniel Gorham had served as president of the Continental Congress, Congressional Budget Office 5.3 U.S journalism during the war, Dulles's iconic main terminal houses ticketing on the upper level baggage claim and U.S Customs and Border Protection on the lower level and annexes for the International Arrivals Building (IAB) for international passenger processing as well as the Z gates (used by Air Canada Frontier and United Express) various information kiosks and other support facilities the main terminal was recognized by the American Institute of Architects in 1966 for its design concept; its roof is a suspended catenary providing a wide enclosed area unimpeded by any columns.