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"Potomac" is a European spelling of Patawomeck the Algonquian name of a Native American village on its southern bank. Native Americans had different names for different parts of the river calling the river above Great Falls Cohongarooton meaning "honking geese" and "Patawomke" below the Falls meaning "river of swans" the spelling of the name has taken many forms over the years from "Patawomeck" (as on Captain John Smith's map) to "Patomake" "Patowmack" and numerous other variations in the 18th century and now "Potomac" the river's name was officially decided upon as "Potomac" by the Board on Geographic Names in 1931! . 4.1 Committees Further information: Confederation Period and Articles of Confederation, USA Distribution of slaveholders, Jonathan Bayard Smith Pennsylvania 1 Yes Joint sessions of the United States Congress occur on special occasions that require a concurrent resolution from both House and Senate These sessions include counting electoral votes after a presidential election and the president's State of the Union address the constitutionally mandated report normally given as an annual speech is modeled on Britain's Speech from the Throne was written by most presidents after Jefferson but personally delivered as a spoken oration beginning with Wilson in 1913 Joint Sessions and Joint Meetings are traditionally presided over by the speaker of the House except when counting presidential electoral votes when the vice president (acting as the president of the Senate) presides. ! Territory incorporated into the US after the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, The British also took New Jersey pushing the Continental Army into Pennsylvania Washington crossed the Delaware River back into New Jersey in a surprise attack in late December 1776 and defeated the Hessian and British armies at Trenton and Princeton thereby regaining control of most of New Jersey the victories gave an important boost to Patriots at a time when morale was flagging and they have become iconic events of the war, The Americans protested that Britain's failure to return all slaves violated the Treaty of Ghent After arbitration by the Tsar of Russia the British paid $1,204,960 in damages (about $26.7 million in today's money) to Washington which reimbursed the slaveowners.

1930 486,869 11.3% In 1971 the cost of running for congress in Utah was $70,000 but costs have climbed the biggest expense is television advertisements. Today's races cost more than a million dollars for a House seat and six million or more for a Senate seat. Since fundraising is vital "members of Congress are forced to spend ever-increasing hours raising money for their re-election."[attribution needed]. 3.4 Abolitionism in the North 6.5 Northwestern Mexico March 1861 inaugural at the Capitol building the dome above the rotunda was still under construction. There are 1,500 miles (2,400 km) of streets parkways and avenues in the District. Due to the freeway revolts of the 1960s much of the proposed interstate highway system through the middle of Washington was never built Interstate 95 (I-95) the nation's major east coast highway therefore bends around the District to form the eastern portion of the Capital Beltway a portion of the proposed highway funding was directed to the region's public transportation infrastructure instead the interstate highways that continue into Washington including I-66 and I-395 both terminate shortly after entering the city, Nashville Convention 2.2.3 Legal apprenticeships Terminals Many of the volunteers were unwanted and considered poor soldiers the expression "Just like Gaines's army" came to refer to something useless the phrase having originated when a group of untrained and unwilling Louisiana troops were rejected and sent back by Gen Taylor at the beginning of the war. Washington arrived in Philadelphia on May 9 1787 though a quorum was not attained until Friday May 25 Benjamin Franklin nominated Washington to preside over the convention and he was unanimously elected to serve as president general the convention's state-mandated purpose was to revise the Articles of Confederation with "all such alterations and further provisions" required to improve them and the new government would be established when the resulting document was "duly confirmed by the several states". Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia introduced Madison's Virginia Plan on May 27 the third day of the convention it called for an entirely new constitution and a sovereign national government which Washington highly recommended. Nathaniel Scudder New Jersey 1 Yes Commonwealth of Nations: London, Henry Marchant Rhode Island 1 Yes Main article: Procedures of the United States Congress; Map of free and slave states c.?1856 Underground Railroad Washington received his initial military training and command with the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War He was later elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and was named a delegate to the Continental Congress where he was appointed Commanding General of the Continental Army He commanded American forces allied with France in the defeat and surrender of the British during the Siege of Yorktown and resigned his commission in 1783 after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.