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Contents Subsequent English governments continued in their efforts to tax certain goods passing acts regulating the trade of wool, hats and molasses the Molasses Act of 1733 in particular was egregious to the colonists as a significant part of colonial trade relied on the product the taxes severely damaged the New England economy and the taxes were rarely paid resulting in a surge of smuggling bribery and intimidation of customs officials. Colonial wars fought in America were often the source of considerable tension the British captured the fortress of Louisbourg during the War of the Austrian Succession but then ceded it back to France in 1748 New England colonists resented their losses of lives as well as the effort and expenditure involved in subduing the fortress only to have it returned to their erstwhile enemy, 10.2 American Indians Stephen Johnson Field March 6 1863 March 10 1863, However the national government had no money either to pay the war debts owed to European nations and the private banks or to pay Americans who had been given millions of dollars of promissory notes for supplies during the war Nationalists led by Washington Alexander Hamilton and other veterans feared that the new nation was too fragile to withstand an international war or even internal revolts such as the Shays' Rebellion of 1786 in Massachusetts They convinced Congress to call the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 and named their party the Federalist party the Convention adopted a new Constitution which provided for a much stronger federal government including an effective executive in a check-and-balance system with the judiciary and legislature the Constitution was ratified in 1788 after a fierce debate in the states over the nature of the proposed new government the new government under President George Washington took office in New York in March 1789. James Madison spearheaded Congressional amendments to the Constitution as assurances to those who were cautious about federal power guaranteeing many of the inalienable rights that formed a foundation for the revolution and Rhode Island was the final state to ratify the Constitution in 1791. Matthew Thornton New Hampshire 1 Yes Nathaniel Folsom New Hampshire 1 Yes Washington's army went into winter quarters at New Windsor New York in December 1780 and Washington urged Congress and state officials to expedite provisions in hopes that the army would not "continue to struggle under the same difficulties they have hitherto endured". On March 1 1781 Congress ratified the Articles of Confederation but the government that took effect on March 2 did not have the power to levy taxes and it loosely held the states together. Map of the U.S showing Lincoln winning the North-east and West Breckinridge winning the South Douglas winning Missouri and Bell winning Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky. Based on his letters diary documents accounts from colleagues employees friends and visitors Washington slowly developed a cautious sympathy toward abolitionism that eventually ended with the emancipation of his own slaves, Africa 1.4% Researchers found that there were 4,822 same-sex couples in the District of Columbia in 2010; about 2% of total households. Legislation authorizing same-sex marriage passed in 2009 and the District began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in March 2010, Following their victory at the Battle of Bladensburg the British entered Washington D.C burning down buildings including the White House. At the outset of the Revolutionary War the Second Continental Congress was meeting in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania State House On account of British military actions the Congress was forced to relocate to Baltimore Lancaster Pennsylvania and then York Pennsylvania for a time before returning to Philadelphia. Upon gaining independence the Congress of the Confederation was formed and Philadelphia became the new nation's first seat of government Congress did not remain in the city long however for in June 1783 a mob of angry soldiers converged upon Independence Hall demanding payment for their service during the war Congress requested that John Dickinson the governor of Pennsylvania call up the militia to defend Congress from attacks by the protesters in what became known as the Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783 Dickinson sympathized with the protesters and refused to remove them from Philadelphia As a result Congress was forced to flee to Princeton New Jersey on June 21 1783 and met in Annapolis and then Trenton before ending up in New York, 1 Family and childhood The soldiers burned the president's house and fuel was added to the fires that night to ensure they would continue burning into the next day, Current D.C teams have won a combined eleven professional league championships: the Washington Redskins have won five; D.C United has won four; and the Washington Wizards (then the Washington Bullets) and Washington Capitals have each won a single championship.