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Lincoln's second inaugural address in 1865 at the almost completed Capitol building; Movement of slaves between 1790 and 1860 The Congress was created by the Constitution of the United States and first met in 1789 replacing in its legislative function the Congress of the Confederation Although not legally mandated in practice since the 19th century Congress members are typically affiliated with the Republican Party or with the Democratic Party and only rarely with a third party or independents; Slavery was the single most contentious issue in the writing and approval of the Constitution of the United States in it the words "slave" and "slavery" do not appear although several provisions clearly refer to it the Constitution did not prohibit and therefore tacitly permitted slavery.

On March 5 1770 a large crowd gathered around a group of British soldiers the crowd grew threatening throwing snowballs rocks and debris at them One soldier was clubbed and fell. There was no order to fire but the soldiers fired into the crowd anyway They hit 11 people; three civilians died at the scene of the shooting and two died after the incident the event quickly came to be called the Boston Massacre the soldiers were tried and acquitted (defended by John Adams) but the widespread descriptions soon began to turn colonial sentiment against the British This in turn began a downward spiral in the relationship between Britain and the Province of Massachusetts, Before returning to private life in June 1783 Washington called for a strong union Though he was concerned that he might be criticized for meddling in civil matters he sent a circular letter to all the states maintaining that the Articles of Confederation was no more than "a rope of sand" linking the states He believed that the nation was on the verge of "anarchy and confusion" was vulnerable to foreign intervention and that a national constitution would unify the states under a strong central government. When Shays' Rebellion erupted in Massachusetts on August 29 1786 over taxation Washington was further convinced that a national constitution was needed. Some nationalists feared that the new republic had descended into lawlessness and they met together on September 11 1786 at Annapolis to ask Congress to revise the Articles of Confederation One of their biggest efforts however was getting Washington to attend. Congress agreed to a Constitutional Convention to be held in Philadelphia in Spring 1787 and each state was to send delegates. Destination Percentage 15.2 Media and primary sources Abraham Lincoln's and the Republicans' political platform in 1860 was to stop slavery's expansion Historian James McPherson says that in a famous speech in 1858 Lincoln said American republicanism can be purified by restricting the further expansion of slavery as the first step to putting it on the road to 'ultimate extinction.' Southerners took Lincoln at his word When he won the presidency they left the Union to escape the 'ultimate extinction' of slavery.", Anti-Monarchy.svg Aracaju Sergipe Brazil (1855) Virginia Bluebells growing wild on Theodore Roosevelt Island. Delegate (At-large) Committee assignments On August 15 2012 the first Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner arrived at Washington Dulles it was Ethiopian Airlines' first 787 & the first 787 received by an African carrier, In 2013 an episode of the Weather Channel documentary series When Weather Changed History entitled "The Thunderstorm That Saved D.C." was devoted to these events. The Capitol Power Plant built to supply energy for the U.S Capitol Complex is under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol. . Central concepts[show] 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.