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2012 90.9% 267,070 7.3% 21,381, 1.1 Louisiana Historian Bernard Bailyn argues that the evangelicalism of the era challenged traditional notions of natural hierarchy by preaching that the Bible teaches that all men are equal so that the true value of a man lies in his moral behavior not in his class. Kidd argues that religious disestablishment belief in God as the source of human rights and shared convictions about sin virtue and divine providence worked together to unite rationalists and evangelicals and thus encouraged a large proportion of Americans to fight for independence from the Empire Bailyn on the other hand denies that religion played such a critical role. Alan Heimert argues that New Light anti-authoritarianism was essential to furthering democracy in colonial American society and set the stage for a confrontation with British monarchical and aristocratic rule, Shays' Rebellion confirmed for Washington the need to overhaul the Articles of Confederation. The river forms part of the borders between Maryland and Washington D.C on the left descending bank and West Virginia and Virginia on the river's right descending bank the majority of the lower Potomac River is part of Maryland Exceptions include a small tidal portion within the District of Columbia and the border with Virginia being delineated from "point to point" (thus various bays and shoreline indentations lie in Virginia) Except for a small portion of its headwaters in West Virginia the North Branch Potomac River is considered part of Maryland to the low water mark on the opposite bank the South Branch Potomac River lies completely within the state of West Virginia except for its headwaters which lie in Virginia. . Governing entities sometimes plan design and build new capital cities to house the seat of government of a polity or of a subdivision Deliberately planned and designed capitals include:, Main article: American Revolutionary War A statute enacted as part of the compromise prohibited the slave trade but allowed slavery itself in the District of Columbia. Southerners in Congress were unanimous in opposing that provision which was seen as a concession to the abolitionists but they were outvoted. Texas annexation Further information: Presidents of the United States on U.S postage stamps Whig Senator Thomas Corwin of Ohio gave a long speech indicting presidential war in 1847. Whig leader Robert Toombs of Georgia declared: "This war is nondescript . We charge the President with usurping the war-making power . with seizing a country . which had been for centuries and was then in the possession of the Mexicans . Let us put a check upon this lust of dominion We had territory enough Heaven knew. In addition many parts of the country were tied to the Southern economy As the historian James Oliver Horton noted prominent slaveholder politicians and the commodity crops of the South had a strong influence on United States politics and economy Horton said. ! As specified by Article One of the United States Constitution in fact as one of the enumerated powers of section 8 Congress assumed direct administrative control of the federal district upon its creation by the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 There was no district governor or executive body the U.S House created a permanent Committee on the District of Columbia in January of 1808 and the U.S Senate established its counterpart in December 1816 These committees remained active until 1946. Thus the U.S Congress managed the detailed day-to-day governmental needs of the district through Acts of Congress -- an act authorizing the purchase of fire engines and construction of a firehouse for instance, or an act to commission three new city streets and closing two others in Georgetown.

Maj Gen The treatment of slaves in the United States varied widely depending on conditions times and places the power relationships of slavery corrupted many whites who had authority over slaves with children showing their own cruelty Masters and overseers resorted to physical punishments to impose their wills Slaves were punished by whipping shackling hanging beating burning mutilation branding and imprisonment Punishment was most often meted out in response to disobedience or perceived infractions but sometimes abuse was carried out to re-assert the dominance of the master or overseer of the slave. Treatment was usually harsher on large plantations which were often managed by overseers and owned by absentee slaveholders conditions permitting abuses. In Ohio an emancipated slave was prohibited from returning to the state in which he or she had been enslaved Other northern states discouraged the settling of free blacks within their boundaries Fearing the influence of free blacks Virginia and other southern states passed laws to require blacks who had been freed to leave the state within a year (or sometimes less time) unless granted a stay by an act of the legislature, The Australian Parliament opened in the small town of Canberra in 1927 as a compromise between the largest cities Sydney and Melbourne.