Odd Dog Media

John Williams North Carolina 1 Yes Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States by Howard Chandler Christy (1940). 1992 84.6% 192,619 9.1% 20,698 Washington the farmer is shown standing on his plantation talking to an overseer as children play and slaves work Work is by Junius Stearns. 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and that further taxes to pay for those wars were unjust and might bring about a rebellion Parliament agreed and repealed the tax (February 21 1766) but insisted in the Declaratory Act of March 1766 that they retained full power to make laws for the colonies "in all cases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. . Wilmot Proviso In this example the more even distribution is on the left and the gerrymandering is presented on the right President's House Philadelphia; residence of the President of the United States from 1790 to 1800. .

The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest research and museum complex, Formal portrait of Chief Justice John Jay wearing judge's robe, 15.6 Contemporaneous sources: Annual Register. .