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The Siege of Yorktown Virginia was a decisive allied victory by the combined forces of the Continental Army commanded by General Washington the French Army commanded by the General Comte de Rochambeau and the French Navy commanded by Admiral de Grasse in the defeat of Cornwallis' British forces On August 19 the march to Yorktown led by Washington and Rochambeau began which is known now as the "celebrated march". Washington was in command of an army of 7,800 Frenchmen 3,100 militia and 8,000 Continentals Lacking in experience in siege warfare Washington often deferred judgment to Rochambeau effectively putting him in command however Rochambeau never challenged Washington's authority, 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. Main article: Presidency of George Washington, Interpretations vary concerning the effect of the Revolution Contemporaries of the period referred to it as "the revolution", although the war is sometimes known as the "American War of Independence" outside the United States particularly in the United Kingdom, The historian Ira Berlin called this forced migration of slaves the "Second Middle Passage" because it reproduced many of the same horrors as the Middle Passage (the name given to the transportation of slaves from Africa to North America) These sales of slaves broke up many families and caused much hardship Characterizing it as the "central event" in the life of a slave between the American Revolution and the Civil War Berlin wrote that whether slaves were directly uprooted or lived in fear that they or their families would be involuntarily moved "the massive deportation traumatized black people both slave and free." Individuals lost their connection to families and clans Added to the earlier colonists combining slaves from different tribes many ethnic Africans lost their knowledge of varying tribal origins in Africa Most were descended from families who had been in the United States for many generations. The nation's first financial crisis occurred in March 1792 Hamilton's Federalists exploited large loans to gain control of U.S debt securities causing a run on the national bank; the markets returned to normal by mid-April. Jefferson believed that Hamilton was part of the scheme in spite of Hamilton's efforts to ameliorate and Washington again found himself in the middle of a feud. .

6.9 Santa Anna's last campaign Each bill goes through several stages in each house including consideration by a committee and advice from the Government Accountability Office. Most legislation is considered by standing committees which have jurisdiction over a particular subject such as Agriculture or Appropriations the House has twenty standing committees; the Senate has sixteen Standing committees meet at least once each month. Almost all standing committee meetings for transacting business must be open to the public unless the committee votes publicly to close the meeting a committee might call for public hearings on important bills. Each committee is led by a chair who belongs to the majority party and a ranking member of the minority party Witnesses and experts can present their case for or against a bill. Then a bill may go to what is called a mark-up session where committee members debate the bill's merits and may offer amendments or revisions. Committees may also amend the bill but the full house holds the power to accept or reject committee amendments After debate the committee votes whether it wishes to report the measure to the full house If a bill is tabled then it is rejected If amendments are extensive sometimes a new bill with amendments built in will be submitted as a so-called clean bill with a new number. Both houses have procedures under which committees can be bypassed or overruled but they are rarely used Generally members who have been in Congress longer have greater seniority and therefore greater power. . 4 Retrocession The law was so rigorously pro-slavery as to prohibit the admission of the testimony of a person accused of being an escaped slave into evidence at the judicial hearing to determine the status of the accused escaped slave Thus if a freedman were claimed to be an escaped slave they could not resist their return to slavery by truthfully telling their own actual history. 7.4 Reconstruction Census, 1870 0 4,880,009 4,880,009 100% 38,558,371 13% African Union: Addis Ababa and Midrand (Johannesburg), In Santa Fe Governor Manuel Armijo wanted to avoid battle but on August 9 Catholic priests Diego Archuleta (the young regular-army commander) and the young militia officers Manuel Chaves and Miguel Pino forced him to muster a defense. Armijo set up a position in Apache Canyon a narrow pass about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of the city. However on August 14 before the American army was even in view he decided not to fight (An American named James Magoffin claimed he had convinced Armijo and Archuleta to follow this course; an unverified story says he bribed Armijo.) When Pino Chaves and some of the militiamen insisted on fighting Armijo ordered the cannon pointed at them the New Mexican army retreated to Santa Fe and Armijo fled to Chihuahua.