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A 2005 poll found that 78% of Americans did not know that residents of the District of Columbia have less representation in Congress than residents of the 50 states. Efforts to raise awareness about the issue have included campaigns by grassroots organizations and featuring the city's unofficial motto "Taxation Without Representation" on D.C vehicle license plates. There is evidence of nationwide approval for D.C voting rights; various polls indicate that 61 to 82% of Americans believe that D.C should have voting representation in Congress. However despite public support the solution to the problem is not simple, Foreign affairs The constitutional basis for convict leasing is that the Thirteenth Amendment while abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude generally expressly permits it as a punishment for crime! The Battle of Buena Vista February 23 1847. British mainland North America 3.7% Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, 2 Political representation Howe split up his British Army and posted a Hessian garrison at Trenton to hold western New Jersey and the east shore of the Delaware, but the army appeared complacent and Washington and his generals devised a surprise attack on the Hessians at Trenton which he code named "Victory or Death" the army was to cross the Delaware River to Trenton in three divisions: one led by Washington (2,400 troops) another by General James Ewing (700) and the third by Colonel John Cadwalader (1,500) the force was to then split with Washington taking the Pennington Road and General Sullivan traveling south on the river's edge. District of Columbia Statehood: the District of Columbia would become the 51st State in the Union, The historical records of the House of Representatives and the Senate are maintained by the Center for Legislative Archives which is a part of the National Archives and Records Administration. 1840 2,487,355 386,293 2,873,648 13% 17,063,353 17% 4 Provisions The British strategy in America now concentrated on a campaign in the southern states With fewer regular troops at their disposal the British commanders saw the "southern strategy" as a more viable plan as they perceived the south as strongly Loyalist with a large population of recent immigrants and large numbers of slaves who might be captured or run away to join the British. . .

. From late 1848 Americans and foreigners of many different countries rushed into California for the California Gold Rush exponentially increasing the population in response to growing demand for a better more representative government a Constitutional Convention was held in 1849 the delegates unanimously outlawed slavery They had no interest in extending the Missouri Compromise Line through California and splitting the state; the lightly-populated southern half never had slavery and was heavily Hispanic. . The Potomac River System, In early 1775 Lord Dunmore royal governor of Virginia wrote to Lord Dartmouth of his intent to free slaves owned by Patriots in case of rebellion. On November 7 1775 Lord Dunmore issued Lord Dunmore's Proclamation which declared martial law and promised freedom for any slaves of American patriots who would leave their masters and join the royal forces Slaves owned by Loyalist masters however were unaffected by Dunmore's Proclamation About 1500 slaves owned by Patriots escaped and joined Dunmore's forces Most died of disease before they could do any fighting Three hundred of these freed slaves made it to freedom in Britain. Spanish mainland North and South America 4.4% 8.4 Political legacy President Abraham Lincoln insisted that construction on the United States Capitol dome continue during the American Civil War; 1861. . Black and white photo of Mary Todd Lincoln's shoulders and head Unlike in the South slave owners in Utah were required to send their slaves to school. Black slaves did not have to spend as much time in school as Indian slaves!