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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.". In June 1772 American patriots including John Brown burned a British warship that had been vigorously enforcing unpopular trade regulations in what became known as the Gaspee Affair the affair was investigated for possible treason but no action was taken, Members of Congress enjoy parliamentary privilege including freedom from arrest in all cases except for treason felony and breach of the peace and freedom of speech in debate This constitutionally derived immunity applies to members during sessions and when traveling to and from sessions the term arrest has been interpreted broadly and includes any detention or delay in the course of law enforcement including court summons and subpoenas the rules of the House strictly guard this privilege; a member may not waive the privilege on their own but must seek the permission of the whole house to do so Senate rules however are less strict and permit individual senators to waive the privilege as they choose! . Grand Review of the Armies 12 References Importation of slaves. The Residence Act of 1790 officially titled an Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States (1 Stat 130) was a United States federal statute adopted during the second session of the First United States Congress and signed into law by President George Washington on July 16 1790 the Act provided for a national capital and permanent seat of government to be established at a site along the Potomac River and empowered President Washington to appoint commissioners to oversee the project it also set a deadline of December 1800 for the capital to be ready and designated Philadelphia as the nation's temporary capital while the new seat of government was being built At the time the federal government was operating out of New York City. ! Vte Another approach to the question was offered by Quaker and Florida planter Zephaniah Kingsley Jr He advocated and personally practiced deliberate racial mixing through marriage as part of his proposed solution to the slavery issue: racial integration called "amalgamation" at the time in an 1829 Treatise he stated that mixed-race people were healthier and often more beautiful that interracial sex was hygienic and that slavery made it convenient.:190 Because of these views tolerated in Spanish Florida he found it impossible to remain long in Territorial Florida and moved with his slaves and multiple wives to a plantation in Haiti (now in the Dominican Republic) There were many others who less flagrantly practiced interracial common-law marriages with slaves (see Partus sequitur ventrem), Defending the Revolution Mexicans and Indians in the annexed territories faced a loss of civil and political rights even though the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo promised U.S citizenship to all Mexican citizens living in the territory of the Mexican Cession the U.S government withheld citizenship from Indians in the southwest until the 1930s although they were citizens under Mexican law! .

. The District is an important center for indie culture and music in the United States the label Dischord Records formed by Ian MacKaye was one of the most crucial independent labels in the genesis of 1980s punk and eventually indie rock in the 1990s. Modern alternative and indie music venues like the Black Cat and the 9:30 Club bring popular acts to the U Street area, A painting of Lincoln sitting with his hand on his chin and his elbow on his leg, By 1870 the District's population had grown 75% from the previous census to nearly 132,000 residents. Despite the city's growth Washington still had dirt roads and lacked basic sanitation Some members of Congress suggested moving the capital further west but President Ulysses S Grant refused to consider such a proposal.