July 16 in American History
The Residence Act set a permanent national capital on the Potomac. It was a deal: the South got the capital, the North got the federal government to assume its war debts. The city was designed from scratch on what was mostly farmland and marsh.
In 1790: Congress establishes Washington, D.C.. The Residence Act set a permanent national capital on the Potomac.
The Residence Act set a permanent national capital on the Potomac. It was a deal: the South got the capital, the North got the federal government to assume its war debts. The city was designed from scratch on what was mostly farmland and marsh.
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