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District of Columbia Retrocession to Maryland: as Arlington County in 1846 was retroceded to Virginia proponents believe the rest of the District of Columbia with the exception of a small strip of land around the Capitol and the White House would be given back to Maryland allowing for DC residents to become Maryland residents as they were prior to the Residence Act of 1790. Spanish Caribbean islands 8.2% Charles Pinckney South Carolina 1 Yes University of Utrecht Netherlands: Williamson. 1920 437,571 32.2% The great majority were born in the Thirteen Colonies But at least nine were born in other parts of the British Empire:, Mexico's military and diplomatic capabilities declined after it attained independence from Spain in 1821 and left the northern one-half of the country vulnerable to the Comanche Apache and Navajo native Americans the Comanche in particular took advantage of the Mexican state to undertake large-scale raids hundreds of miles into the country to acquire livestock for their own use and to supply an expanding market in Texas and the U.S; In London the Rockingham government came to power (July 1765) and Parliament debated whether to repeal the stamp tax or to send an army to enforce it Benjamin Franklin made the case for repeal explaining that the colonies had spent heavily in manpower money and blood in defense of the empire in a series of wars against the French and Indians and that further taxes to pay for those wars were unjust and might bring about a rebellion Parliament agreed and repealed the tax (February 21 1766) but insisted in the Declaratory Act of March 1766 that they retained full power to make laws for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever" the repeal nonetheless caused widespread celebrations in the colonies; See also: Category:Companies based in Washington D.C and Category:Non-profit organizations based in Washington D.C.