Vte Washington D.C. Business Directory Netherlands: Amsterdam is the constitutional national capital even though the Dutch government the parliament the supreme court the Council of State and the work palace of the King are all located in the Hague as are all the embassies (For more details see: Capital of the Netherlands.). ; Johannes Adam Simon Oertel Pulling Down the Statue of King George III N.Y.C ca 1859.
Rajasthan: Jaipur is the administrative and legislative capital of the state while the high court is located in Jodhpur. John Jay was president of the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1779 and negotiated the Treaty of Paris with Adams and Franklin. Washington D.C. Business Directory General Clinton sent Benedict Arnold to Virginia now a British Brigadier General with 1,700 troops to capture Portsmouth and to spread terror from there; Washington responded by sending Lafayette south to counter Arnold's efforts. Washington initially hoped to bring the fight to New York drawing off British forces from Virginia and ending the war there but Rochambeau advised Grasse that Cornwallis in Virginia was the better target Grasse's fleet arrived off the Virginia coast and Washington saw the advantage He made a feint towards Clinton in New York then headed south to Virginia, The United States Constitution adopted in 1787 prevented Congress from completely banning the importation of slaves until 1808 although Congress regulated it in the Slave Trade Act of 1794 and in subsequent Acts in 1800 and 1803. After the Revolution numerous states individually passed laws against importing slaves by contrast the states of Georgia and South Carolina reopened their trade due to demand by their upland planters who were developing new cotton plantations: Georgia from 1800 until December 31 1807 and South Carolina from 1804 in that period Charleston traders imported about 75,000 slaves more than were brought to South Carolina in the 75 years before the Revolution. Approximately 30,000 were imported to Georgia.
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