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; Blacks Total US, Thomas Lynch South Carolina 1 Yes, The first flight of the Boeing 777-200 in commercial service a United Airlines flight from London Heathrow landed at Dulles in 1995; . Harpers Ferry Point of Rocks Little Falls Georgetown Origins Crime in Washington D.C. is concentrated in areas associated with poverty drug abuse and gangs a 2010 study found that 5% of city blocks accounted for over one-quarter of the District's total crime. 9.7 Role of women, Nicholas Gilman New Hampshire 1 Yes 5 Defending the Revolution.

The Burning of Washington was a British invasion of Washington D.C. the capital of the United States during the War of 1812 On August 24 1814 after defeating the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg a British force led by Major General Robert Ross burned down multiple buildings including the White House (then called the Presidential Mansion) the Capitol building as well as other facilities of the U.S government the attack was in part a retaliation for the recent American destruction of Port Dover in Upper Canada the Burning of Washington marks the only time since the American Revolutionary War that a foreign power has captured and occupied the United States capital it was the only significant foreign attack on Washington D.C until the September 11 attacks 187 years later and remains the most devastating attack in the city's history, Main article: Women in the American Revolution The independent Republic of Texas won the decisive Battle of San Jacinto (April 21 1836) against Mexico and captured Mexican president Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna He signed the Treaties of Velasco which recognized the Rio Grande as the boundary of the Republic of Texas the treaties were then repudiated by the government of Mexico which insisted that Mexico remained sovereign over Texas since Santa Anna had signed the treaty under coercion and promised to reclaim the lost territories to the extent that there was a de facto recognition Mexico treated the Nueces River as its northern boundary control a vast largely-unsettled area was between the two rivers Neither Mexico nor the Republic of Texas had the military strength to assert its territorial claim On December 29 1845 the Republic of Texas was annexed to the United States and became the 28th state Texas was staunchly committed to slavery with its constitution making it illegal for the legislature to free slaves. The founding fathers were not unified on the issue of slavery in her study of Thomas Jefferson historian Annette Gordon-Reed discusses this topic "Others of the founders held slaves but no other founder drafted the charter for freedom" in addition to Jefferson George Washington John Jay and many other of the Founding Fathers practiced slavery but were also conflicted by the institution which many saw as immoral and politically divisive. Conversely many founders such as Samuel Adams and John Adams were against slavery their entire lives Benjamin Rush wrote a pamphlet in 1773 which harshly condemned slavery and beseeched the colonists to petition the king and put an end to the British African Company of Merchants which kept slavery and the slave trade going the Continental Association of 1774 contains a clause severely limiting the slave trade as part of the general boycott of British trade! Main article: Procedures of the United States Congress On October 7 1837 Washington's remains were placed still in the original lead coffin within a marble sarcophagus designed by William Strickland and constructed by John Struthers earlier that year the sarcophagus was sealed and encased with planks and an outer vault was constructed around it the outer vault has the sarcophagi of both George and Martha Washington; the inner vault has the remains of other Washington family members and relatives. 14.5 Memory and historiography Preparation for war Two free states were proposed by Zachary Taylor who served as President from March 1849 to July 1850 as President he proposed that the entire area become two free states called California and New Mexico but much larger than the ones today None of the area would be left as an unorganized or organized territory which would avoid the question of slavery in the territories.