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10.1 Transportation Mexican Army, By law Washington's skyline is low and sprawling the federal Height of Buildings Act of 1910 allows buildings that are no taller than the width of the adjacent street plus 20 feet (6.1 m). Despite popular belief no law has ever limited buildings to the height of the United States Capitol Building or the 555-foot (169 m) Washington Monument, which remains the District's tallest structure City leaders have criticized the height restriction as a primary reason why the District has limited affordable housing and traffic problems caused by urban sprawl. The British still controlled New York and many Patriot soldiers did not reenlist or had deserted after the harsh winter campaign Congress instituted greater rewards for re-enlisting and punishments for desertion in an effort to effect greater troop numbers. Strategically Washington's victories were pivotal for the Revolution and quashed the British strategy of showing overwhelming force followed by offering generous terms in February 1777 word reached London of the American victories at Trenton and Princeton and the British realized that the Patriots were in a position to demand unconditional independence, On April 14 1865 just days after the end of the war Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth during the play Our American Cousin the next morning at 7:22 AM President Lincoln died in the house across the street the first American president to be assassinated Secretary of War Edwin M Stanton said "Now he belongs to the ages" (or perhaps "angels") the residents and visitors to the city experienced a wide array of reactions from stunned disbelief to rage Stanton immediately closed off most major roads and bridges and the city was placed under martial law Scores of residents and workers were questioned during the growing investigation and a handful was detained or arrested on suspicion of having aided the assassins or for a perception they were withholding information, Salmon Portland Chase was Lincoln's choice to be Chief Justice of the United States. 1 History Washington is one of 13 cities in the United States with teams from all four major professional men's sports and is home to one major professional women's team the Washington Wizards (National Basketball Association) the Washington Capitals (National Hockey League) and the Washington Mystics (Women's National Basketball Association) play at the Capital One Arena in Chinatown Nationals Park which opened in Southeast D.C in 2008 is home to the Washington Nationals (Major League Baseball) D.C United (Major League Soccer) plays at Audi Field the Washington Redskins (National Football League) play at FedExField in nearby Landover Maryland, The philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson shared Grant's view; towards the end of the war he wrote: "The United States will conquer Mexico but it will be as the man swallows the arsenic which brings him down in turn Mexico will poison us.".

Main article: Transportation in Washington D.C North Branch Potomac River. ! Nat Turner's slave rebellion (1831) A variety of fish inhabit the Potomac including bass muskellunge pike walleye the northern snakehead an invasive species resembling the native bowfin lamprey and American eel was first seen in 2004. Many types of sunfish are also present in the Potomac and its headwaters. Although rare bull sharks can be found.