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Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C, On March 5 1770 a large crowd gathered around a group of British soldiers the crowd grew threatening throwing snowballs rocks and debris at them One soldier was clubbed and fell. There was no order to fire but the soldiers fired into the crowd anyway They hit 11 people; three civilians died at the scene of the shooting and two died after the incident the event quickly came to be called the Boston Massacre the soldiers were tried and acquitted (defended by John Adams) but the widespread descriptions soon began to turn colonial sentiment against the British This in turn began a downward spiral in the relationship between Britain and the Province of Massachusetts. Concluding the Revolution Washington D.C. Business Directory Washington D.C. Business Directory Washington's Farewell Address (September 19 1796) Clockwise from top right: United States Capitol Washington Monument the White House Smithsonian Institution Building Lincoln Memorial and Washington National Cathedral. . . 8 Government and politics 7 References In 1641 Massachusetts became the first colony to authorize slavery through enacted law. Massachusetts passed the Body of Liberties which prohibited slavery in many instances but allowed slaves to be held if they were captives of war if they sold themselves into slavery or were purchased elsewhere or if they were sentenced to slavery as punishment by the governing authority the Body of Liberties used the word "strangers" to refer to people bought and sold as slaves; they were generally not English subjects Colonists came to equate this term with Native Americans and Africans. The Washington Cabinet Main article: Reconstruction Era Advanced degrees and apprenticeships The regulars regarded the volunteers with importance and contempt . [The volunteers] robbed Mexicans of their cattle and corn stole their fences for firewood got drunk and killed several inoffensive inhabitants of the town in the streets! 1860 presidential election Further information: History of Washington D.C and Timeline of Washington D.C, Congress has alternated between periods of constructive cooperation and compromise between parties known as bipartisanship and periods of deep political polarization and fierce infighting known as partisanship the period after the Civil War was marked by partisanship as is the case today It is generally easier for committees to reach accord on issues when compromise is possible Some political scientists speculate that a prolonged period marked by narrow majorities in both chambers of Congress has intensified partisanship in the last few decades but that an alternation of control of Congress between Democrats and Republicans may lead to greater flexibility in policies as well as pragmatism and civility within the institution.

. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Paris, Canoers at Hanging Rocks on the South Branch in the 1890s, The Impending Crisis of the South! 4.1.1 Specializations Agitation against slavery Slavery Franklin and Williamson were scientists in addition to their other activities Satellite view of the Potomac River passing through two water gaps downstream of Harpers Ferry; By late September Patriot-French forces completely surrounded Yorktown trapped the British army and prevented British reinforcements from Clinton in the North while the French Navy was victorious at the Battle of the Chesapeake the final American offensive was begun with a shot fired by Washington the siege ended with a British surrender on October 19 1781; over 7,000 British soldiers were captured in the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War. Washington negotiated the terms of surrender for two days and the official signing ceremony took place on October 19; Cornwallis in fact claimed illness and was absent sending General Charles O'Hara as his proxy. As a gesture of goodwill Washington held a dinner for the American French and British generals all of whom fraternized on friendly terms and identified with one another as members of the same professional military caste. Washington D.C. Business Directory, 4.2 Political views Gen Kearny's annexation of New Mexico Territory August 15 1846, After initial publication many Republicans including Madison criticized the Address and believed it was an anti-French campaign document Madison believed Washington was strongly pro-British Madison also was suspicious of who authored the Address. John De Hart New Jersey 1 Yes, Article One Section Eight of the United States Constitution grants the United States Congress "exclusive jurisdiction" over the city the District did not have an elected local government until the passage of the 1973 Home Rule Act the Act devolved certain Congressional powers to an elected mayor currently Muriel Bowser and the thirteen-member Council of the District of Columbia However Congress retains the right to review and overturn laws created by the council and intervene in local affairs, 7.3 Upper Potomac River Washington played a key role in the adoption and ratification of the Constitution and was then elected president by the Electoral College in the first two elections He implemented a strong well-financed national government while remaining impartial in a fierce rivalry between cabinet members Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton During the French Revolution he proclaimed a policy of neutrality while sanctioning the Jay Treaty He set enduring precedents for the office of president including the title "President of the United States" and his Farewell Address is widely regarded as a pre-eminent statement on republicanism. During the American Civil War tremendous resources were expended to defend Washington D.C which bordered on the Confederate States of America (with the Commonwealth of Virginia) from Confederate attack even though the relatively small federal government could easily have been moved elsewhere Likewise great resources were expended by the Confederacy in defending the Confederate capital from attack by the Union in its exposed location of Richmond Virginia barely 100 miles (160 km) south of Washington D.C, Painting of men in a formal political meeting.