【9/9 今日美史】华盛顿特区的命名

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Washington DC Named

When

Where

Who

What

When: 1790

Where: District of Columbia

Who: 

Three commissioners overseeing the layout of the new Federal City

What:

A federal capital based on a new city that was centrally located between the north and south regions of the new nation was named after President George Washington.

Why

significant

While it was to be the new capital, it was not until John Adams presidency in 1797 that the Federal government took up residency in the new city along the Potomac.  It was decided that the capital city had to not only geographical between the two dominant regions but also on a new foundation to reflect the novelty of the nation and give sense of favoritism to an established population center.

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Federal City, Federalist papers, 1790 Residence Act