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6 Congress and the public In 1794 Washington privately expressed to Tobias Lear his secretary that he found slavery to be repugnant, Battle of Churubusco by J Cameron published by Nathaniel Currier Hand tinted lithograph 1847 Digitally restored, Slavery North Branch Potomac River. . Southeast Africa (Macua Malagasy) 1.8, Congress also plays a role in presidential elections Both Houses meet in joint session on the sixth day of January following a presidential election to count the electoral votes and there are procedures to follow if no candidate wins a majority, Yellow flag waving.svg Liberalism portal Lawrence's service as adjutant general of the Virginia militia inspired Washington to seek a commission and Virginia's Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie appointed him as a major in December 1752 and as commander of one of the four militia districts the British and French were competing for control of the Ohio Valley at the time the British building forts along the Ohio River and the French doing likewise between Lake Erie and the Ohio River. . . Letter to Lafayette William Clingan Pennsylvania 1 Yes First page of the proclamation issued by President George Washington on March 30 1791 specifying the boundaries of the proposed Federal city; Yellow flag waving.svg 14.1 Reference works Washington's army of 11,000 went into winter quarters at Valley Forge north of Philadelphia in December 1777 They suffered between 2,000 and 3,000 deaths in extreme cold over six months mostly from disease and lack of food clothing and shelter. Meanwhile the British were comfortably quartered in Philadelphia paying for supplies in pounds sterling while Washington struggled with a devalued American paper currency the woodlands were soon exhausted of game and by February morale and increased desertions ensued.

! Prominent Founding Fathers writing in the Federalist Papers felt that elections were essential to liberty that a bond between the people and the representatives was particularly essential and that "frequent elections are unquestionably the only policy by which this dependence and sympathy can be effectually secured" in 2009 however few Americans were familiar with leaders of Congress the percentage of Americans eligible to vote who did in fact vote was 63% in 1960 but has been falling since although there was a slight upward trend in the 2008 election. Public opinion polls asking people if they approve of the job Congress is doing have in the last few decades hovered around 25% with some variation. Scholar Julian Zeliger suggested that the "size messiness virtues and vices that make Congress so interesting also create enormous barriers to our understanding the institution . Unlike the presidency Congress is difficult to conceptualize." Other scholars suggest that despite the criticism "Congress is a remarkably resilient institution . its place in the political process is not threatened . it is rich in resources" and that most members behave ethically. They contend that "Congress is easy to dislike and often difficult to defend" and this perception is exacerbated because many challengers running for Congress run against Congress which is an "old form of American politics" that further undermines Congress's reputation with the public:. Washington has a growing diversified economy with an increasing percentage of professional and business service jobs the District's gross state product in 2018-Q2 was $141 billion the Washington Metropolitan Area's gross product was $435 billion in 2014 making it the sixth-largest metropolitan economy in the United States. Between 2009 and 2016 GDP per capita in Washington has consistently ranked on the very top among U.S states in 2016 at $160,472 its GDP per capita is almost three times as high as that of Massachusetts which was ranked second in the nation as of June 2011 the Washington Metropolitan Area had an unemployment rate of 6.2%; the second-lowest rate among the 49 largest metro areas in the nation the District of Columbia itself had an unemployment rate of 9.8% during the same time period, Simon Boerum New York 1 Yes Air France: Air France/KLM Lounge a Concourse across from gate A22, Southeast Africa (Macua Malagasy) 1.8! . Main articles: English Dissenters and First Great Awakening, 1994 56.0% 102,884 41.9% 76,902 European Organization for Nuclear Research: Meyrin a suburb of Geneva; ! President John Witherspoon of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) wrote widely circulated sermons linking the American Revolution to the teachings of the Bible Throughout the colonies dissenting Protestant ministers (Congregational Baptist and Presbyterian) preached Revolutionary themes in their sermons while most Church of England clergymen preached loyalty to the king the titular head of the English state church. Religious motivation for fighting tyranny transcended socioeconomic lines to encompass rich and poor men and women frontiersmen and townsmen farmers and merchants the Declaration of Independence also referred to the "Laws of Nature and of Nature's God" as justification for the Americans' separation from the British monarchy Most eighteenth-century Americans believed that the entire universe ("nature") was God's creation and he was "Nature's God" Everything was part of the "universal order of things" which began with God and was directed by his providence. Accordingly the signers of the Declaration professed their "firm reliance on the Protection of divine Providence" and they appealed to "the Supreme Judge for the rectitude of our intentions". George Washington was firmly convinced that he was an instrument of providence to the benefit of the American people and of all humanity. .