what were the two captials before Washington D.C.?
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Philidelphia new york.During the ciil war it was washington and richmond was capital of south
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Not George Washington!  He also wasn't the 2nd, 3rd, 4rth...\n\nIn 1781 Maryland signed the Articles of Confederation, creating the 13 state union.  John Hanson, who signed for Maryland, was immediately elected president of the assembly (chosen unanimously by Congress).  Hansons formal title was "President of the United States in Congress Assembled".\n\nGeorge Washington even addressed Hanson as "President of the United States".  After Washington became president Hanson sent him a letter of congratulation.  Washington replied, addressing the letter to the "President of the United States."\n\nMaybe y'all should know a bit more history before blasting off rude comments, eh?\n\nGreat question!
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Washington DC~see the last line of the proclamation...\nhttp://homeofheros.com/presidents/speeches/lincoln_emancipation.html
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There's only one version I know of.  The original copy is in Washington, DC.  I'm sure you can find the text through a Google search.
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The President's Residence (first called the White House by Teddy Roosevelt) was placed in Washington, D.C. because of a deal made when the US was very young...\n\nAs I understand it, originally the two major candidates for the Capitol City of the new Republic were Philadelphia (where the Declaration of Independence was signed) and New York City (which was - and is - our largest city) - both in the North. At the same time, there was a problem concerning the war debts the Thirteen States had (remember, they considered themselves 13 COUNTRIES back then). So a deal was struck: in exchange for the rich states allowing national "assumption" of the war debt (and so helping the poorer states out), they would move the Capitol to a (then) brand new location in the South, on the Potomac River.
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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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Lexington and Concord. Its basically a phrase that meant the start of the American Revolutionary War
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Hard to know, because page sizes were different then.  \n\nHere's the text:\n\nhttp://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/commonsense/text.html
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The D. C. stands for District of Columbia.  At one time the city of Washington only took up a part of the Federal  District of Columbia.  Today, they are one and the same, all of the District of Columbia is taken up by the city of Washington.
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Assuming that you are asking abt the Disctrict of Columbia. Here is the link with full details... \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%2C_D.C.\n\nAssuming that you are asking about the Country "Colombia" often misspelled as columbia, here is the link\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia\n\n.:Fishie:.
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I think one of them is George Washington's b-day, as for the other two, I have no clue
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gw1.html
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Order. State/ Date of Admission/ Capital/ Population \n 1. Delaware /Dec. 7, 1787 /Dover/ 668,696 \n 2. Pennsylvania/ Dec. 12, 1787 /Harrisburg /11,924,710 \n 3. New Jersey /Dec. 18, 1787 /Trenton /7,748,634 \n 4. Georgia /Jan. 2, 1788/ Atlanta /6,508,419 \n 5. Connecticut /Jan. 9, 1788 /Hartford /3,295,669 \n 6. Massachusetts/ Feb. 6, 1788 /Boston /6,029,051 \n 7. Maryland /Apr. 28, 1788/ Annapolis/ 4,798,622 \n 8. South Carolina /May 23, 1788 /Columbia/ 3,505,707 \n 9. New Hampshire /June 21, 1788 /Concord /1,113,915 \n10. Virginia /June 25, 1788 /Richmond /6,216,568 \n11. New York /July 26, 1788 /Albany /18,044,505 \n12. North Carolina /Nov. 21, 1789 /Raleigh /6,657,630 \n13. Rhode Island /May 29, 1790 /Providence /1,005,984 \n14. Vermont /Mar. 4, 1791/ Montpelier/ 564,964 \n15. Kentucky /June 1, 1792 /Frankfort /3,698,969 \n16. Tennessee /June 1, 1796 /Nashville /4,896,641 \n17. Ohio/ Mar. 1, 1803 /Columbus 10,887,325 \n18. Louisiana/ Apr. 30, 1812 /Baton Rouge/ 4,238,216 \n19. Indiana /Dec. 11, 1816/ Indianapolis 5,564,228 \n20. Mississippi /Dec. 10, 1817 /Jackson /2,586,443 \n21. Illinois /Dec. 3, 1818 /Springfield /11,466,682 \n22. Alabama /Dec. 14, 1819/ Montgomery /4,062,608 \n23. Maine/ Mar. 15, 1820 /Augusta /1,233,223 \n24. Missouri /Aug. 10, 1821/ Jefferson City /5,137,804 \n25. Arkansas /June 15, 1836 /Little Rock /2,362,239 \n26. Michigan /Jan. 26, 1837 /Lansing /9,328,784 \n27. Florida /Mar. 3, 1845 /Tallahassee /13,003,362 \n28. Texas/ Dec. 29, 1845 /Austin /17,059,805 \n29. Iowa /Dec. 28, 1846 /Des Moines /2,787,424 \n30. Wisconsin /May 29, /1848 /Madison /4,906,745 \n31. California /Sept. 9, 1850 /Sacramento /29,839,250 \n32. Minnesota /May 11, 1858 /St. Paul /4,387,029 \n33. Oregon /Feb. 14, 1859 /Salem /2,853,733 \n34. Kansas /Jan. 29, 1861/ Topeka /2,485,600 \n35. West Virginia /June 20, 1863 /Charleston /1,801,625 \n36. Nevada /Oct. 31, 1864/ Carson City /1,206,152 \n37. Nebraska /Mar. 1, 1867/ Lincoln /1,584,617 \n38. Colorado /Aug. 1, 1876 /Denver /3,307,912 \n39. North Dakota /Nov. 2, 1889 /Bismarck/ 641,364 \n40. South Dakota /Nov. 2, 1889 /Pierre /699,999 \n41. Montana /Nov. 8, 1889 /Helena /803,655 \n42. Washington /Nov. 11, 1889/ Olympia/ 4,887,941 \n43. Idaho /July 3, 1890 /Boise /1,011,986 \n44. Wyoming /July 10, 1890 /Cheyenne/ 455,975 \n45. Utah /Jan. 4, 1896 /Salt Lake City /1,727,784 \n46. Oklahoma /Nov. 16, 1907 /Oklahoma City /3,157,604 \n47. New Mexico /Jan. 6, 1912 /Santa Fe /1,521,779 \n48. Arizona /Feb. 14, 1912 /Phoenix /3,677,985 \n49. Alaska /Jan. 3, 1959 /Juneau /551,947 \n50. Hawaii /Aug. 21, 1959/ Honolulu /1,115,274 \n      District of Columbia    / 609,909 \n      Total Population 249,632,692-
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Am I the last child in the family?\nWas Washington the first president of the U.S.?\n\nTip: Interrogative by switching around the first two words: The last words are replaced by the question mark and the first words are replaced by the second words.  I have made the assumption here that you intended to meant 'replaced' for 'omitted'.\n\nIf this assumption is wrong, then you are NOT asking for question FORMS of statements, but for questions derived from statements:\n\nAm I the last child?\nWho was the first president?
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On 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.\n\nGeorge Washington is often called "the father of his country" for his crucial role in fighting for, creating and leading the United States of America in its earliest days. Washington was a surveyor, farmer and soldier who rose to command the colonial forces in the Revolutionary War. His success in the war made him a tremendously popular figure in America even after he retired to his farm at Mount Vernon in 1783. He was the natural choice to serve as the country's first president in 1789 after the new United States Constitution was ratified. He served two terms, refused a third, and returned to his Virginia farm. In 1798 he was again commissioned as commander in chief of the army, a title he held until his death 18 months later. He was succeeded as president by John Adams.\n\nMore info in the links, if you need it!
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Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. "D.C." stands for the "District of Columbia", the federal district containing the city of Washington. The city is named after George Washington, military leader of the American Revolution and the first President of the United States. The District of Columbia and the city of Washington are coextensive and are governed by a single municipal government, so for most practical purposes they are considered to be the same entity (this was not always the case, though, as Georgetown was a separate city within the District until 1871). However, although there is a municipal government and a mayor, as per Article I, Section VIII, of the United States Constitution, Congress has the sole authority over this federal district and thus the municipal government and mayor exist in the shadows of Congress. It is commonly known as the District, D.C., or simply Washington. Historically, it was called the Federal City or Washington City.\n\nThe District of Columbia, founded on July 16, 1790, is a federal district as specified by the United States Constitution. The U.S. Congress has ultimate authority over the District of Columbia, though it has delegated limited local rule to the municipal government. The land forming the original District came from the states of Virginia and Maryland. However, the area south of the Potomac River (39 mi² or about 100 km²) was returned, or "retroceded", to Virginia in 1847 and now is incorporated into Arlington County and the City of Alexandria. The term "District of Columbia" is derived from an old poetic name for the United States, Columbia, which has fallen out of common use since the early 20th century.\n\nThe centers of all three branches of the U.S. federal government are in Washington, D.C., as well as the headquarters of most federal agencies. Washington also serves as the headquarters for the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Organization of American States, among other international (and national) institutions. All of this has made Washington the frequent focal point of massive political demonstrations and protests, particularly on the National Mall. Washington is also the site of numerous national landmarks, museums, and sports teams, and is a popular destination for tourists.\n\nThe population of the District of Columbia, as of 2003 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, is 563,384. The Greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area includes the District of Columbia and parts of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, with a population surpassing 4.7 million. If Washington, D.C., were considered a state, it would rank last in area behind Rhode Island, 50th in population ahead of Wyoming, and 36th in Gross State Product, ahead of 15 states, and its GSP per capita would be #1 by far compared to other states.
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i ont have time to look at each one but go here http://www.answers.com/transcript%20of%20the%20letters%20that%20George%20Washington%20sent%20to%20the%20Sultan%20of%20Morocco%3F it will help a lot