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. Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense published in 1776, Franklin T Lambert (2003) has examined the religious affiliations and beliefs of some of the Founders Of the 55 delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention 28 were Anglicans (i.e Church of England; or Episcopalian after the American Revolutionary War was won) 21 were other Protestants and two were Roman Catholics (D Carroll and Fitzsimons). Among the Protestant delegates to the Constitutional Convention eight were Presbyterians seven were Congregationalists two were Lutherans two were Dutch Reformed and two were Methodists, Principles Abolition of slavery by Congressional action 1862ff. 1830 2,009,043 319,599 2,328,642 14% 12,860,702 18% The south bank of the Potomac River forms the District's border with Virginia and has two major tributaries: the Anacostia River and Rock Creek. Tiber Creek a natural watercourse that once passed through the National Mall was fully enclosed underground during the 1870s the creek also formed a portion of the now-filled Washington City Canal which allowed passage through the city to the Anacostia River from 1815 until the 1850s the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal starts in Georgetown and was used during the 19th century to bypass the Little Falls of the Potomac River located at the northwest edge of Washington at the Atlantic Seaboard fall line. 4 Independence and Union With the rise of modern empires and the nation-state the capital city has become a symbol for the state and its government and imbued with political meaning Unlike medieval capitals which were declared wherever a monarch held his or her court the selection relocation founding or capture of a modern capital city is an emotional event for example:, Anti-Monarchy.svg Star of the West In 1800 Spain's colonial province of Texas (Tejas) had few inhabitants with only about 7,000 non-Indian settlers the Spanish crown developed a policy of colonization to more effectively control the territory After independence the Mexican government implemented the policy granting Moses Austin a banker from Missouri a large tract of land in Texas Austin died before he could bring his plan of recruiting American settlers for the land to fruition but his son Stephen F Austin brought over 300 American families into Texas. This started the steady trend of migration from the United States into the Texas frontier Austin's colony was the most successful of several colonies authorized by the Mexican government the Mexican government intended the new settlers to act as a buffer between the Tejano residents and the Comanches but the non-Hispanic colonists tended to settle where there was decent farmland and trade connections with American Louisiana which the United States had acquired in the Louisiana Purchase rather than further west where they would have been an effective buffer against the Indians. Delegate (At-large) The sappers and miners of the Corps of Royal Engineers under Captain Blanshard were employed in burning the principal buildings Blanshard reported that it seemed that the American President was so sure that the attacking force would be made prisoners that a handsome entertainment had been prepared Blanshard and his sappers enjoyed the feast.:358! . Property qualifications for voting and even more substantial requirements for elected positions (though New York and Maryland lowered property qualifications); Washington closed the address by reflecting on his legacy: Countries whose capital is not their largest city.

Main article: Library of Congress Abolition of slavery by state action during the Civil War, Tehran capital and largest city of Iran and the capital of the Persian empires in the last two centuries. Washington D.C is a national center for the arts the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is home to the National Symphony Orchestra the Washington National Opera and the Washington Ballet the Kennedy Center Honors are awarded each year to those in the performing arts who have contributed greatly to the cultural life of the United States the historic Ford's Theatre site of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln continues to operate as a functioning performance space as well as a museum; When detailed studies were issued by the Corps in the 1950s they met sustained opposition led by U.S Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas resulting in the plans' abandonment the only dam project that did get built was Jennings Randolph Lake on the North Branch the Corps built a supplementary water intake for the Washington Aqueduct at Little Falls in 1959. Lincoln's portrait appears on two denominations of United States currency the penny and the $5 bill His likeness also appears on many postage stamps and he has been memorialized in many town city and county names,:194 including the capital of Nebraska. While he is usually portrayed bearded he first grew a beard in 1860 at the suggestion of 11-year-old Grace Bedell, The city's local government particularly during the mayoralty of Marion Barry was criticized for mismanagement and waste. During his administration in 1989 the Washington Monthly magazine claimed that the District had "the worst city government in America." in 1995 at the start of Barry's fourth term Congress created the District of Columbia Financial Control Board to oversee all municipal spending. Mayor Anthony Williams won election in 1998 and oversaw a period of urban renewal and budget surpluses.