Why did they name Washington the "District of Columbia"?
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Apparently as a reference to Christopher Columbus.\n\nFrom the site below:\nOrigin of the Name Washington, District of Columbia - The name Washington was to honor the first president of the USA, George Washington. The name Columbia is in reference to Christopher Columbus.
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DC residents are just that, residents.  They are not citizens of DC.  They are citizens of other states where they receive representation.
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Washington served as President under the Constitution.
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Some Jurisdictions exchange information, others do not.  Also when you say "Washington", no one knows whether you mean the State or D.C.
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DC- the nations capital and established because congress could not rule in a state, they needed a separate territory because of the constitutional convention\nPhilly- the declaration of independence & the constitution\nNY- national capital until 1790
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How did each of the listed items relate to Washington accepting the post of commander of the armies during the American Revolution?\n\nThat's what it means.
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Washington is a state in the Northwest US (just north of Oregon). District of Columbia (D.C.) is a section of land that is not within any state, but is a federal district. The entirety of that district is also a city called Washington. So it is often called Washington, D.C.
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yep. it's not a state, it's just Washington DC. and DC stands for District of Columbia btw... i just learned this in APUS History. i thought Wash. DC was in Virginia this whole time! i'm such an idiot!!
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George Washington, wasn't it? cuz when he went to war and came back the white house had burnt down so they had to rebuild it, right? not sure...google it. lol.
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The "official" nickname of Washington state is "The Evergreen State". It is also known as:\nThe "Green Tree State" and\nThe "Chinook State" (after the salmon).\nIf you want a lot more information for your project, click below.
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The name of this country is The UNITED STATES of America. In order to have a capital for the whole 50 states a special DISTRICT was created: District of Columbia.
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District of Columbia\nhttp://www.washington.org/index.cfm?blnNavView=True&idContentType=36&idCurrentPage=7
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WITHOUT THE CONSTITUTION,WHAT GUARANTEE WOULD YOU HAVE THAT YOU CAN KEEP ANY FREEDOMS.THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO MAKE WASHINGTON A KING AFTER THE REVOLUTION WAS WON.ALL WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR NAUGHT.BE THANKFUL HIS AND OTHER HEADS WERE CLEAR TO THE CAUSE.
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The states of Virginia and Maryland wanted the US Capital in their states and a big argument broke out, so they compromised and each state gave part of its territory to make "Washington D.C."
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Key Event: America Signs Treaty with Tripoli.\n\nSome more Key Events in President George Washington's Administration\n\n• Precedents---Washington established two main precedents: a cabinet and the two-year term.\n• Whiskey Rebellion, 1794---Washington ordered 15,000 troops to Pennsylvania and crushed the first challenge to federal authority.\n• Farewell Address, 1796---Washington warned against the evils of political parties and "tangling alliances" abroad. \n\n\nOn April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States. "As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent," he wrote James Madison, "it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents may be fixed on true principles." \n\nBorn in 1732 into a Virginia planter family, he learned the morals, manners, and body of knowledge requisite for an 18th century Virginia gentleman. \n\nHe pursued two intertwined interests: military arts and western expansion. At 16 he helped survey Shenandoah lands for Thomas, Lord Fairfax. Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War. The next year, as an aide to Gen. Edward Braddock, he escaped injury although four bullets ripped his coat and two horses were shot from under him. \n\n   \n From 1759 to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Washington managed his lands around Mount Vernon and served in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Married to a widow, Martha Dandridge Custis, he devoted himself to a busy and happy life. But like his fellow planters, Washington felt himself exploited by British merchants and hampered by British regulations. As the quarrel with the mother country grew acute, he moderately but firmly voiced his resistance to the restrictions. \n\nWhen the Second Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia in May 1775, Washington, one of the Virginia delegates, was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. On July 3, 1775, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, he took command of his ill-trained troops and embarked upon a war that was to last six grueling years. \n\nHe realized early that the best strategy was to harass the British. He reported to Congress, "we should on all Occasions avoid a general Action, or put anything to the Risque, unless compelled by a necessity, into which we ought never to be drawn." Ensuing battles saw him fall back slowly, then strike unexpectedly. Finally in 1781 with the aid of French allies--he forced the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. \n\nWashington longed to retire to his fields at Mount Vernon. But he soon realized that the Nation under its Articles of Confederation was not functioning well, so he became a prime mover in the steps leading to the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787. When the new Constitution was ratified, the Electoral College unanimously elected Washington President \n\nHe did not infringe upon the policy making powers that he felt the Constitution gave Congress. But the determination of foreign policy became preponderantly a Presidential concern. When the French Revolution led to a major war between France and England, Washington refused to accept entirely the recommendations of either his Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, who was pro-French, or his Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, who was pro-British. Rather, he insisted upon a neutral course until the United States could grow stronger. \n\nTo his disappointment, two parties were developing by the end of his first term. Wearied of politics, feeling old, he retired at the end of his second. In his Farewell Address, he urged his countrymen to forswear excessive party spirit and geographical distinctions. In foreign affairs, he warned against long-term alliances. \n\nWashington enjoyed less than three years of retir
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It's Washington, DC, home to the US government. It's between Virginia and Maryland and was set up as a district because the founding fathers didn't want a single state having claim to the national capital -- they wanted it independent.
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Washington D.C. in the District of Columbia.