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The national debt fell into three categories after the American Revolution the first was the $12 million owed to foreigners mostly money borrowed from France There was general agreement to pay the foreign debts at full value the national government owed $40 million and state governments owed $25 million to Americans who had sold food horses and supplies to the Patriot forces There were also other debts which consisted of promissory notes issued during the war to soldiers merchants and farmers who accepted these payments on the premise that the new Constitution would create a government that would pay these debts eventually. Washington proclaimed November 26 as a day of Thanksgiving in order to encourage national unity "It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God to obey His will to be grateful for His benefits and humbly to implore His protection and favor." He spent that day fasting and visiting debtors in prison to provide them with food and beer. . . ! During the Reconstruction Era from January 1 1863 to March 31 1877 federal troops were stationed in the south specifically to protect black rights and prevent them from being re-enslaved However in the Gilded Age that followed the withdrawal blacks were left at the mercy of the whites When African Americans in the South no longer had the protection of federal troops whites imposed laws to prevent them from voting restrict their movement and found other ways to practice involuntary servitude, 5.4 Sexual economy of American slavery, 1964 85.5% 169,796 14.5% 28,801 Further information: No taxation without representation and Virtual representation. In 1846 after Polk ordered General Taylor's troops into the disputed territory Mexican forces attacked an American Army outpost ("Thornton Affair") in the occupied territory killing 12 U.S soldiers and capturing 52 These same Mexican troops later laid siege to an American fort along the Rio Grande. Polk cited this attack as an invasion of U.S territory and requested that the Congress declare war, 9.3 King George III, Washington has had a significant African American population since the city's foundation. African American residents composed about 30% of the District's total population between 1800 and 1940 the black population reached a peak of 70% by 1970 but has since steadily declined due to many African Americans moving to the surrounding suburbs Partly as a result of gentrification there was a 31.4% increase in the non-Hispanic white population and an 11.5% decrease in the black population between 2000 and 2010; !

An industrial school set up for ex-slaves in Richmond during Reconstruction 13 Citations The Smithsonian Institution is an educational foundation chartered by Congress in 1846 that maintains most of the nation's official museums and galleries in Washington D.C the U.S government partially funds the Smithsonian and its collections are open to the public free of charge the Smithsonian's locations had a combined total of 30 million visits in 2013 the most visited museum is the National Museum of Natural History on the National Mall. Other Smithsonian Institution museums and galleries on the mall are: the National Air and Space Museum; the National Museum of African Art; the National Museum of American History; the National Museum of the American Indian; the Sackler and Freer galleries which both focus on Asian art and culture; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; the Arts and Industries Building; the S Dillon Ripley Center; and the Smithsonian Institution Building (also known as "The Castle") which serves as the institution's headquarters the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery are housed in the Old Patent Office Building near Washington's Chinatown the Renwick Gallery is officially part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum but is in a separate building near the White House Other Smithsonian museums and galleries include: the Anacostia Community Museum in Southeast Washington; the National Postal Museum near Union Station; and the National Zoo in Woodley Park. . Main articles: Religious views of George Washington and American Enlightenment.