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. 2.2 Main terminal, Congress passed the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 that officially organized the District and placed the entire territory under the exclusive control of the federal government Further the unincorporated area within the District was organized into two counties: the County of Washington to the east of the Potomac and the County of Alexandria to the west. After the passage of this Act citizens living in the District were no longer considered residents of Maryland or Virginia which therefore ended their representation in Congress, On February 22 1847 Santa Anna personally marched north to fight Taylor with 20,000 men Taylor with 4,600 men had entrenched at a mountain pass called Buena Vista Santa Anna suffered desertions on the way north and arrived with 15,000 men in a tired state He demanded and was refused surrender of the U.S Army; he attacked the next morning Santa Anna flanked the U.S positions by sending his cavalry and some of his infantry up the steep terrain that made up one side of the pass while a division of infantry attacked frontally along the road leading to Buena Vista Furious fighting ensued during which the U.S troops were nearly routed but managed to cling to their entrenched position thanks to the Mississippi Rifles a volunteer regiment led by Jefferson Davis who formed them into a defensive V formation the Mexicans had inflicted considerable losses but Santa Anna had gotten word of upheaval in Mexico City so he withdrew that night leaving Taylor in control of part of Northern Mexico.

. Washington resigned as commander-in-chief once the Treaty of Paris was signed and he planned to retire to Mount Vernon the treaty was ratified in April 1783 and Hamilton's Congressional committee adapted the army for peacetime Washington gave the Army's perspective to the Committee in his Sentiments on a Peace Establishment the Treaty was signed on September 3 1783 and Great Britain officially recognized the independence of the United States Washington then disbanded his army giving an eloquent farewell address to his soldiers on November 2. On November 25 the British evacuated New York City and Washington and Governor George Clinton took possession, 10 Impact of the war in Mexico, Congress passed the Residence Act as part of a compromise brokered among James Madison Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton Madison and Jefferson favored a southerly site for the capital on the Potomac River but they lacked a majority to pass the measure through Congress Meanwhile Hamilton was pushing for Congress to pass the Assumption Bill to allow the Federal government to assume debts accumulated by the states during the American Revolutionary War With the compromise Hamilton was able to muster support from the New York State congressional delegation for the Potomac site while four delegates (all from districts bordering the Potomac) switched from opposition to support for the Assumption Bill.