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A term of Congress is divided into two "sessions" one for each year; Congress has occasionally been called into an extra or special session a new session commences on January 3 each year unless Congress decides differently the Constitution requires Congress meet at least once each year and forbids either house from meeting outside the Capitol without the consent of the other house, 2.1.3 Three-Fifths Compromise Washington D.C. Business Directory, The capital city is usually but not always a primary target in a war as capturing it usually guarantees capture of much of the enemy government victory for the attacking forces or at the very least demoralization for the defeated forces. In Santa Fe Governor Manuel Armijo wanted to avoid battle but on August 9 Catholic priests Diego Archuleta (the young regular-army commander) and the young militia officers Manuel Chaves and Miguel Pino forced him to muster a defense. Armijo set up a position in Apache Canyon a narrow pass about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of the city. However on August 14 before the American army was even in view he decided not to fight (An American named James Magoffin claimed he had convinced Armijo and Archuleta to follow this course; an unverified story says he bribed Armijo.) When Pino Chaves and some of the militiamen insisted on fighting Armijo ordered the cannon pointed at them the New Mexican army retreated to Santa Fe and Armijo fled to Chihuahua! In 1885 Congress proclaimed Washington's birthday to be a federal holiday. Twentieth-century biographer Douglas Southall Freeman concluded "The great big thing stamped across that man is character." Modern historian David Hackett Fischer has expanded upon Freeman's assessment defining Washington's character as "integrity self-discipline courage absolute honesty resolve and decision but also forbearance decency and respect for others", 1.2 Design and construction Nicholas Van Dyke Delaware 1 Yes, San Patricios 8 See also Abolition of slavery by Congressional action 1861. . 14 See also The Washington Cabinet French King Louis XVI allied with Washington and Patriot American colonists.

. Further information: History of Washington D.C.; Timeline of Washington D.C.; and District of Columbia (until 1871), Burning of the Gaspee The Virginia General Assembly voted in February 1846 to accept the return of Alexandria and on July 9 1846 Congress agreed to return all the territory that had been ceded by Virginia Therefore the District's current area consists only of the portion originally donated by Maryland. Confirming the fears of pro-slavery Alexandrians the Compromise of 1850 outlawed the slave trade in the District although not slavery itself.