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. The Royal Navy reported that it lost one man killed and six wounded in the attack of whom the fatality and three of the wounded were from the Corps of Colonial Marines. Interpretations Although the President and military officers returned to Washington only a few days after the British left Congress did not return for three and half weeks the Thirteenth Congress officially convened on September 19 1814 at the Blodgett's Hotel one of the few surviving buildings large enough to hold all members the Blodgett's Hotel also housed the U S Patent Office Although the British had destroyed all public buildings the Blodgett's Hotel and U.S Patent Office was spared it was in this building that Congress met between September 1814 and December 1815 (when construction of the Old Brick Capitol was complete). 10 Impact of the war in Mexico, 10.1 Notes Washington the Soldier, Secession and inauguration 4.3 Declarations of war. Washington D.C. Business Directory, Enumerated powers A minority of uncertain size tried to stay neutral in the war Most kept a low profile but the Quakers were the most important group to speak out for neutrality especially in Pennsylvania the Quakers continued to do business with the British even after the war began and they were accused of being supporters of British rule "contrivers and authors of seditious publications" critical of the revolutionary cause the majority of Quakers attempted to remain neutral although a sizeable number nevertheless participated to some degree, Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C! In late 1778 General Clinton shipped 3,000 troops from New York to Georgia and launched a Southern invasion against Savannah reinforced by 2,000 British and Loyalist troops They repelled an attack by Patriots and French naval forces which bolstered the British war effort, The Mexican government's policy of settlement of U.S citizens in its province of Tejas was aimed at expanding control into Comanche lands the Comancheria Instead of settlement occurring in the central and west of the province people settled in East Texas where there was rich farmland and which was contiguous to the southern U.S slave states as settlers poured in from the U.S. the Mexican government discouraged further settlement with its 1829 abolition of slavery. 5 Prairie lawyer 7 Aftermath Jennings said the people who saved the painting and removed the objects actually were:, 6.2.1 National Bank The district encompassed three small cities: Alexandria formerly in Virginia Georgetown formerly Maryland and the deliberately planned central core the City of Washington Both the White House and the United States Capitol were already completed and in use by 1800 as called for by the 1791 L'Enfant Plan for the City of Washington although the city was not formally chartered until 1802 Beyond those cities the remainder of the District was farmland organized by the 1801 Act into two counties Washington County D.C east of the Potomac and Alexandria County D.C on the west side encompassing today's Arlington County and the independent city of Alexandria. Painting by John Trumbull depicting General Washington standing in Maryland State House hall surrounded by statesmen and others resigning his commission, 3.1.4 Territorial government 5.3 U.S journalism during the war, 12 References John L O'Sullivan a vocal proponent of Manifest Destiny later recalled:.

. . . 10.2 American Indians Beginning in the 19th century with increasing mining and agriculture upstream and urban sewage and runoff downstream the water quality of the Potomac River deteriorated This created conditions of severe eutrophication It is said that President Abraham Lincoln used to escape to the highlands on summer nights to escape the river's stench in the 1960s with dense green algal blooms covering the river's surface President Lyndon Johnson declared the river "a national disgrace" and set in motion a long-term effort to reduce pollution from sewage and restore the beauty and ecology of this historic river One of significant pollution control projects at the time was the expansion of the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant which serves Washington and several surrounding communities. Enactment of the 1972 Clean Water Act led to construction or expansion of additional sewage treatment plants in the Potomac watershed Controls on phosphorus one of the principal contributors to eutrophication were implemented in the 1980s through sewage plant upgrades and restrictions on phosphorus in detergents, 8 Burial net worth and aftermath, Senators face reelection every six years and representatives every two Reelections encourage candidates to focus their publicity efforts at their home states or districts. Running for reelection can be a grueling process of distant travel and fund-raising which distracts senators and representatives from paying attention to governing according to some critics. Although others respond that the process is necessary to keep members of Congress in touch with voters. ! To end another war scare with the United Kingdom over the Oregon Country Polk signed the Oregon Treaty dividing the territory angering northern Democrats who felt he was prioritizing Southern expansion over Northern expansion. In February 1786 Washington took a census of Mount Vernon and recorded 224 slaves by 1799 slaves at Mount Vernon totaled 317 that included 143 children. Washington owned 124 slaves leased 40 slaves and held 153 slaves for his wife's dower interest. Washington supported many slaves who were too young or too old to work greatly increasing Mount Vernon's slave population and causing the plantation to operate at a loss, Valley Forge The Senate has an important check on the executive power by confirming Cabinet officials judges and other high officers "by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate" it confirms most presidential nominees but rejections are not uncommon Furthermore treaties negotiated by the President must be ratified by a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate to take effect As a result presidential arm-twisting of senators can happen before a key vote; for example President Obama's secretary of state Hillary Clinton urged her former senate colleagues to approve a nuclear arms treaty with Russia in 2010 the House of Representatives has no formal role in either the ratification of treaties or the appointment of federal officials other than in filling a vacancy in the office of the vice president; in such a case a majority vote in each House is required to confirm a president's nomination of a vice president. Main article: District of Columbia voting rights, Union of South American Nations: Cochabamba and Quito.