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. The signing of the Residence Act on July 16 1790 approved the creation of a capital district located along the Potomac River on the country's East Coast the U.S Constitution provided for a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of the U.S Congress and the District is therefore not a part of any U.S state the states of Maryland and Virginia each donated land to form the federal district which included the pre-existing settlements of Georgetown and Alexandria the City of Washington was founded in 1791 to serve as the new national capital in 1846 Congress returned the land originally ceded by Virginia; in 1871 it created a single municipal government for the remaining portion of the District, A few Founding Fathers lived into their nineties including: Paine Wingate who died at age 98; Charles Carroll of Carrollton who died at age 95; Charles Thomson who died at 94; William Samuel Johnson who died at 92; and John Adams who died at 90 Among those who lived into their eighties were Benjamin Franklin Samuel Whittmore John Jay Thomas Jefferson James Madison John Armstrong Jr Hugh Williamson and George Wythe Approximately 16 died while in their seventies and 21 in their sixties Three (Alexander Hamilton Richard Dobbs Spaight and Button Gwinnett) were killed in duels Two John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day July 4 1826. ; . 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! ; .

The principal organized bodies to advocate abolition and anti-slavery reforms in the north were the Pennsylvania Abolition Society and the New York Manumission Society Before the 1830s the antislavery groups called for gradual emancipation. By the late 1820s under the impulse of religious evangelicals the sense emerged that owning slaves was a sin and the owner had to immediately free himself from this grave sin by emancipation, First Lady Pat Nixon ushered in the era of jumbo jets by christening the first Boeing 747 at Dulles January 15 1970. The Americans had already burned much of the historic Washington Navy Yard founded by Thomas Jefferson to prevent capture of stores and ammunition as well as the 44-gun frigate USS Columbia and the 22 gun USS Argus both new vessels nearing completion the Navy Yard's Latrobe Gate Quarters A and Quarters B were the only buildings to escape destruction. Also spared were the Marine Barracks and Commandant's House although several private properties were damaged or destroyed. . . Nicholas Gilman New Hampshire 1 Yes Sociologist Barry Schwartz argues that in the 1930s and 1940s the memory of Abraham Lincoln was practically sacred and provided the nation with "a moral symbol inspiring and guiding American life" During the Great Depression he argues Lincoln served "as a means for seeing the world's disappointments for making its sufferings not so much explicable as meaningful" Franklin D Roosevelt preparing America for war used the words of the Civil War president to clarify the threat posed by Germany and Japan Americans asked "What would Lincoln do?":xi 9 24 However Schwartz also finds that since World War II Lincoln's symbolic power has lost relevance and this "fading hero is symptomatic of fading confidence in national greatness" He suggested that postmodernism and multiculturalism have diluted greatness as a concept.:xi 9, The District of Columbia including Washington or adjoining Georgetown was the birthplace of several Union army generals and naval admirals as well as a leading Confederate commander. . 7.3 Re-election Commodore Matthew C Perry led a detachment of seven vessels along the northern coast of Tabasco state Perry arrived at the Tabasco River (now known as the Grijalva River) on October 22 1846 and seized the town Port of Frontera along with two of their ships Leaving a small garrison he advanced with his troops towards the town of San Juan Bautista (Villahermosa today) Perry arrived in the city of San Juan Bautista on October 25 seizing five Mexican vessels Colonel Juan Bautista Traconis Tabasco Departmental commander at that time set up barricades inside the buildings Perry realized that the bombing of the city would be the only option to drive out the Mexican Army and to avoid damage to the merchants of the city withdrew its forces preparing them for the next day, Main article: Slave codes Battle of Long Island.