Learn about Washington D. C. History.?
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The District of Columbia—identical with the city of Washington—is the capital of the United States. It is located between Virginia and Maryland on the Potomac River. The district is named after Columbus.\n\nDC history began in 1790 when Congress directed selection of a new capital site, 100 sq mi, along the Potomac. When the site was determined, it included 30.75 sq mi on the Virginia side of the river. In 1846, however, Congress returned that area to Virginia, leaving the 68.25 sq mi ceded by Maryland in 1788. The seat of government was transferred from Philadelphia to Washington on Dec. 1, 1800, and President John Adams became the first resident in the White House.\n\nThe city was planned and partly laid out by Maj. Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a French engineer. This work was perfected and completed by Maj. Andrew Ellicott and Benjamin Banneker, a freeborn black man who was an astronomer and mathematician. In 1814, during the War of 1812, a British force burned the capital including the White House.\n\nUntil Nov. 3, 1967, the District of Columbia was administered by three commissioners appointed by the president. On that day, a government consisting of a mayor-commissioner and a 9-member council, all appointed by the president with the approval of the Senate, took office. On May 7, 1974, the citizens of the District of Columbia approved a Home Rule Charter, giving them an elected mayor and 13-member council—their first elected municipal government in more than a century. The district also has one nonvoting member in the House of Representatives and an elected Board of Education.\n\nOn Aug. 22, 1978, Congress passed a proposed constitutional amendment to give Washington, DC, voting representation in the Congress. The amendment had to be ratified by at least 38 state legislatures within seven years to become effective. It died in 1985. A petition asking for the district's admission to the Union as the 51st state was filed in Congress on Sept. 9, 1983, and new statehood bills were introduced in 1993. The district is continuing this drive for statehood.\n\nThe federal government and tourism are the mainstays of the city's economy, and many unions, business, professional, and nonprofit organizations are headquartered there. Among the city's many educational institutions are the Catholic University of America, Georgetown University, Howard University, and Gallaudet University. Cultural attractions include the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Folger Shakespeare Library\n\n\nAlternatively you could go to the websites below for more information
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http://www.dinsdoc.com/becker-1.htm\nhttp://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/Our_Country_vol_2/political_di.html\nhttp://www.usahistory.info/colonies/New-York.html\nhttp://www.dinsdoc.com/levermore-1.htm\nhttp://www.1911encyclopedia.org/N/NE/NEW_YORK_CITY_.htm\nhttp://www.common-place.org/vol-01/no-01/reviews/butler.shtml\nhttp://www.catholicity.com/encyclopedia/n/new_york,state_of.html
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Any search engine will work (Google, Yahoo, etc).  You might want to narrow down the topic a bit (ex. battles in NJ, Deborah Sampson, or Fort Ticonderoga).  PBS did a television series called Liberty! which was very good, and there is also info on their website (www.pbs.org).
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Where do you begin. Good luck with that one!!!\nLook at things like how 9-11 was handled, the war in Iraq, the political scandals, etc. That should tell you what you need to know.
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Here's a pretty good source from the horse's mouth...\nhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/\n\nThen try: \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_madison\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe\n\nGood Luck!
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You can try www.first.gov-This website has a lot of useful info and links.
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D.C. Prayer Tour \n\nEVERY SUNDAY 7 A.M. - 9 A.M. (click above on service times and directions)\n\n\nMIKE AND CINDY JACOBS OF GENERALS INTERNATIONAL ARE HOSTING A SPECIAL PRAYER CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. \nON JUNE 22-24: "SHIFT THE NATION" SPECIFICALLY REGARDING\nTHE FALL ELECTIONS IN AMERICA. \n\n\nTO COINCIDE WITH THEIR CONFERENCE THEY HAVE ASKED US TO CONDUCT A SPECIAL FREE GUIDED BUS PRAYER TOUR OF WASHINGTON, D.C. ON SAT., JUNE 24 AT 1:30 P.M., WHICH THEY ARE ADVERTISING ON THEIR WEBSITE: www.generals.org Click on "Upcoming Events." and go to the end of the info on the June 22-24 "Shift the Nation" event to see more info on the DC Prayer Tour. \nThe early registration discount date is by June 1. \n\nhttp://www.natlprayemb.org/id9.htm
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here you go this should help http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_York_City
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Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a Frenchman who fought in the American Revolution under General Washington, had in 1789 expressed an eagerness to draw up plans for the new capital, even before Congress had decided to create a Federal District. Washington, impressed by his ideas, eventually appointed him to design the city and its public buildings. The name "District of Columbia" came into use during the 19th century. \n\nTwo elements of the original plan for Washington, completed in 1791, are of special significance. First, L'Enfant's ideas for a capital city were based not on 13 colonies with 3,000,000 inhabitants but on a republic ultimately having 50 states and 500,000,000 citizens. He envisioned a city of 800,000 inhabitants at a time when the entire United States had less than four times that number. Second, L'Enfant had reached artistic maturity in Paris and Versailles, where he was influenced strongly by Baroque landscape architecture, which was at its zenith in the late decades of the 18th century. His original designs for Washington reflected the grandeur both of his projections and of the Baroque.\nhere is a rather intresting article about him http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/l-enfant.htm
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Do it on the president.   That would also be a good way to learn some  more also!
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Go to the National History Day website to get some ideas:\n\nhttp://www.nationalhistoryday.org\n\nRemember to keep the focus of your project narrow, i.e. don't try to do a project on the entire French Revolution, for example; focus one one aspect of your chosen subject which interests you.  My daughter learned that the hard way.
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please ask to u're city info center!
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there is a library/hall of records in DC. check back in a cpl of days i'll get the address for you
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It began after the First Continental Congress?  LMAO..  Research it, using wikipedia, the encyclopedia and other sources.  Then report as if you are a star chasing paparazzi, clamoring to view Washington's newest girl, Franklin's bling bling and Jefferson's mixed kids....have fun with it.
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Checkout the following links...\n\n\nHappy Info-Day...\nBgb
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pick up a history book.
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Here is a good site that I use for research quite a bit. You can use this for all kinds of subjects, I have used it for current issues and past history.  I hope it helps you as much as it has helped me.