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The First Continental Congress was a gathering of representatives from twelve of the thirteen British Colonies in North America. On July 4 1776 the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence referring to the new nation as the "United States of America" the Articles of Confederation in 1781 created the Congress of the Confederation a unicameral body with equal representation among the states in which each state had a veto over most decisions Congress had executive but not legislative authority and the federal judiciary was confined to admiralty and lacked authority to collect taxes regulate commerce or enforce laws, Franklin though he was a key founder of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, originally owned slaves whom he later manumitted While serving in the Rhode Island Assembly Stephen Hopkins introduced one of the earliest anti-slavery laws in the colonies and John Jay would try unsuccessfully to abolish slavery as early as 1777 in the State of New York. He nonetheless founded the New York Manumission Society in 1785 for which Hamilton became an officer They and other members of the Society founded the African Free School in New York City to educate the children of free blacks and slaves When Jay was governor of New York in 1798 he helped secure and signed into law an abolition law; fully ending forced labor as of 1827 He freed his own slaves in 1798 Alexander Hamilton opposed slavery as his experiences in life left him very familiar with slavery and its effect on slaves and on slaveholders, although he did negotiate slave transactions for his wife's family the Schuylers. John Adams Samuel Adams and Thomas Paine never owned slaves, Painting by John Trumbull depicting General Washington standing in Maryland State House hall surrounded by statesmen and others resigning his commission. 3.1 Post-constitution life Washington D.C. Business Directory Harpers Ferry Point of Rocks Little Falls Georgetown Washington D.C is located in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S East Coast Due to the District of Columbia retrocession the city has a total area of 68.34 square miles (177.0 km2) of which 61.05 square miles (158.1 km2) is land and 7.29 square miles (18.9 km2) (10.67%) is water the District is bordered by Montgomery County Maryland to the northwest; Prince George's County Maryland to the east; Arlington County Virginia to the south; and Alexandria Virginia to the west.

Washington D.C. Business Directory Chandigarh Punjab and Haryana India (1966), Freemasonry was a widely accepted institution in the late 18th century known for advocating moral teachings. Washington was attracted to the Masons' dedication to the Enlightenment principles of rationality reason and brotherhood the American Masonic lodges did not share the anti-clerical perspective of the controversial European lodges a Masonic lodge was established in Fredericksburg in September 1752 and Washington was initiated two months later at the age of 20 as one of its first Entered Apprentices Within a year he progressed through its ranks to become a Master Mason. Before and during the American Revolution he used Masonic lodges as meeting places to plot against the British.[citation needed] He had a high regard for the Masonic Order but his personal lodge attendance was sporadic in 1777 a convention of Virginia lodges asked him to be the Grand Master of the newly established Grand Lodge of Virginia but he declined due to his commitments leading the Continental Army After 1782 he corresponded frequently with Masonic lodges and members and he was listed as Master in the Virginia charter of Alexandria Lodge No 22 in 1788. .