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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania--Carpenter's Hall
The First Continental Congress met here and discussed issues of taxation without representation and other complaints the colonies had against the British Government. It was here that the seeds of the American Revolution germanated. The inscription above the entrance to Carpenter's Guild meeting place attests to that history: "Within these Walls Henry, Hancock, & Adams inspired the Delegates of the Colonies With Verve and Sinew for the Toils of War"
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Philadelphia,, Pennsylavania--Independence Hall
Independence Hall was the meeting place for the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1783. A group of Representatives of the 13 original British North American colonies gathered here for the second time to seriously do the work necessary to become independent of Britain. The Declaration of Independence was signed here on July 4th, 1776.
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Baltimore, Maryland--Henry Fite House
This House that Henry built was converted into a tavern by his son Jacob, and when the British became victorious in New York and New Jersey, the Continental Congress decided it was prudent to move from Philadelphia and make the 3 story Fite tavern their House of Congress. In Fite's house/tavern the Continental Congress gave Gereral George Washingtom the power and responsibility to wage war against Britain. www.aoc.gov/images/ baltimore_1776.jpg -
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania--Independence Hall
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The Continental Congress stayed here a few months until Sept. 18, 1977 when the British captured Philadelphia and they had to flee to York, Pennsylvania. -
York, Pennsylvania--Court House
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Here in York is where the first Constitution of the United States was drafted--The Articles of the Confederation. The Second Continental Congress started the process in 1976 when they drafted the Declaration of Independence. After more than a year of debate, the Congress approved the Articles of the Confederation for ratification on Nov. 15th, 1977. It was not finalized until 3/1/1781 at which time the Second Continental Congress became the Cngress of the Confederation. -
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania--Independence Hall
July 2, 1778 to June 21, 1783.
The Second Continental Congress continued to work on the Articles of the Confederation which they finally ratified on Mar. 1, 1981.
The Liberty Bell was rung for the start of the First Continental Congress , and is thought to have been rung for the reading of the Declaration of Independence.
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Princeton, New Jersey--Nassau Hall
Nassau Hall was the site of the Confederation of Congress Capitol from 6/31/83 to 11/4/83. They met here because there was a rebellion by unpaid soldiers at Independence Hall where they normally met. Nassau Hall was and is part of Princeton University and it was here that General George Washington was congratulated for ending the War with Great Britain. (Alexander Hamilton was denied enrollment at Princeton when he first came to the colonies.) Ref:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassau_Hall -
Annapolis, Maryland--Maryland State House
Nov.26, 1783 to August 19, 1784.
http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/home.html
The Maryland State House is the oldest state capitol still being used as such. It was in this same remodeled building that General George Washington resigned as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army and also where the Treaty of Paris was signed, officially ending the American Revolutionalry War. -
Trenton, New Jersey--French Arms Tavern
Nov.1, 1784--December 24, 1784
Trenton, New Jersey is where General George Washington had his first major victorry against the Hessian Troops after crossing the Delaware on Dec. 26, 1776.
The Congress of the Confederation wanted to keep Trenton as the Nations' Capitol, but the Southern States wanted the capitol to be located below the Mason/Dixon Line on account of the slavery issue.
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New York City, New York--Federal Hall
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/cox_corr/h_caps/new_york_1785.cf
--1790.George Washington was inaugurated as the first Pres. of the U.S. under the new Constitution which took effect on Mar. 4, 1789. The Federal Hall is where representatives of the original 13 colonies first met to write a letter of protest against the British Stamp Act. 24 years later, the Bill of Rights was drafted here, establishing the freedoms the Stamp Act Congress demanded from King George III. -
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania--Congress Hall
Dec. 6,1790-May 14, 1800
George Washington was inaugurated for a second term here and for the first time in history the reins of power were peacefully transferred to a democratically elected successor--John Adams. The Bill of Rights were also ratified here. http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_cong.htm
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Washington, D.C.--Untied States Capitol
Thomas Jefferson was the first President to be inaugurated in the Washington Capitol in 1801. The location of the Nation's capitol in Washington was a political compromise. Congress supported the Bank of the United States as well as the traders and industrial elite of the North, so the agriculture South demanded the Capitol be moved further South to the Potomac where the Capitol was built in the Special District of Columbia controlled by Congress. http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/cox_corr/h_caps/w -
Washington, DC--Patent Office Building
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/cox_corr/h_caps/washington_1814.cfm
This is actually the Patent Office Building. which is now part of the Smithsonian. The British burned the Capitol Buildings down in the War of 1812, so the United States Government here. -
Washington, DC--Brick Capitol
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/cox_corr/h_caps/washington_1815.cfm
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Washington, DC--Capitol Building
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/cox_corr/h_caps/washington_1829.cfm Allyn Cox Oil on Canvas 1973-1974 (All of the pictures of this style in this timeline were done by Cox.--owned by the public.)
It wasn't until 1829 that the Capitol building which we know today as the White House was completed.
