. Congress authorizes defense spending such as the purchase of the USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31). Battle of Chapultepec Howe split up his British Army and posted a Hessian garrison at Trenton to hold western New Jersey and the east shore of the Delaware, but the army appeared complacent and Washington and his generals devised a surprise attack on the Hessians at Trenton which he code named "Victory or Death" the army was to cross the Delaware River to Trenton in three divisions: one led by Washington (2,400 troops) another by General James Ewing (700) and the third by Colonel John Cadwalader (1,500) the force was to then split with Washington taking the Pennington Road and General Sullivan traveling south on the river's edge, Under Washington the Virginia Regiment had defended 300 miles (480 km) of frontier against 20 Indian attacks in 10 months. He increased the professionalism of the regiment as it increased from 300 to 1,000 men and Virginia's frontier population suffered less than other colonies Some historians have said this was Washington's "only unqualified success" during the war. Though he failed to realize a royal commission he gained valuable knowledge of British tactics self-confidence and leadership skills the destructive competition Washington witnessed among colonial politicians fostered his later support of strong central government! ! The civilian population of northern Mexico offered little resistance to the American invasion possibly because the country had already been devastated by Comanche and Apache Indian raids Josiah Gregg who was with the American army in northern Mexico said that "the whole country from New Mexico to the borders of Durango is almost entirely depopulated the haciendas and ranchos have been mostly abandoned and the people chiefly confined to the towns and cities.". . .
Washington D.C USA (1800), [E]very assemblage of negroes for the purpose of instruction in reading or writing or in the night time for any purpose shall be an unlawful assembly Any justice may issue his warrant to any office or other person requiring him to enter any place where such assemblage may be and seize any negro therein; and he or any other justice may order such negro to be punished with stripes, Consolidated 1871 Committee assignments The District of Columbia Public Charter School Board monitors the 52 public charter schools in the city. Due to the perceived problems with the traditional public school system enrollment in public charter schools has steadily increased as of fall 2010 D.C charter schools had a total enrollment of about 32,000 a 9% increase from the prior year the District is also home to 92 private schools which enrolled approximately 18,000 students in 2008 the District of Columbia Public Library operates 25 neighborhood locations including the landmark Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library. . . The 1832 boundaries of Comancheria the Comanche homeland Major-General Robert Ross British commander who led the attack on Washington.
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