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. Main article: Sports in Washington D.C Implications Part of a series on, 7.1 1860 presidential election 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and that further taxes to pay for those wars were unjust and might bring about a rebellion Parliament agreed and repealed the tax (February 21 1766) but insisted in the Declaratory Act of March 1766 that they retained full power to make laws for the colonies "in all cases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. ! Cityscape A separate British force captured Alexandria on the south side of the Potomac River while Ross's troops were leaving Washington the mayor of Alexandria made a deal and the British refrained from burning the town, Over the decades and with the growth of slavery throughout the South Baptist and Methodist ministers gradually changed their messages to accommodate the institution After 1830 white Southerners argued for the compatibility of Christianity and slavery with a multitude of both Old and New Testament citations. They promoted Christianity as encouraging better treatment of slaves and argued for a paternalistic approach in the 1840s and 1850s the issue of accepting slavery split the nation's largest religious denominations (the Methodist Baptist and Presbyterian churches) into separate Northern and Southern organizations see Methodist Episcopal Church South Southern Baptist Convention and Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America), In the 1830s the District's southern territory of Alexandria went into economic decline partly due to neglect by Congress the city of Alexandria was a major market in the American slave trade and pro-slavery residents feared that abolitionists in Congress would end slavery in the District further depressing the economy Alexandria's citizens petitioned Virginia to take back the land it had donated to form the District through a process known as retrocession. Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur is the constitutional capital home of the King and seat of Parliament but the federal administrative centre and judiciary have been moved 30 kilometres (19 mi) south to Putrajaya, Image of Lincoln being shot by Booth while sitting in a theater booth. Salmon Portland Chase was Lincoln's choice to be Chief Justice of the United States The Act specified that the laws of the state from which the area was ceded would apply in the federal district meaning that Maryland laws applied on the eastern side of the Potomac while Virginia laws applied on the western side in the District of Columbia until the government officially took residence Upon assuming control of the federal district in 1800 Congress would have full authority over local matters within the District of Columbia; .

. . Washington D.C. Business Directory To help regulate the relationship between slave and owner including legal support for keeping the slave as property states established slave codes most based on laws existing since the colonial era the code for the District of Columbia defined a slave as "a human being who is by law deprived of his or her liberty for life and is the property of another". This house on Duke Street houses the Freedom House Museum with exhibits on the slave trade and the lives of slaves, John Trumbull 1824 In Lincoln's first inaugural address he explored the nature of democracy He denounced secession as anarchy and explained that majority rule had to be balanced by constitutional restraints He said "A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments is the only true sovereign of a free people.":86. !