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| 1600`S PISCATAWAY PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN WASHINGTON D.C. |
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| 1632 D.C. BECOMES PART OF THE MARYLAND COLONY |
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| 1775-1783 DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, THE THIRTEEN COLONIES WERE FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM FROM ENGLAND. |
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| 1787 THE US CONSTITUTION NEEDED A PERMANENT NATIONAL CAPITAL. |
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| 1791 WASHINGTON DECIDES ON THE LOCATION |
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| 1794-FEB. 12 WASHINGTON SIGNED ACT GIVING RELIEF TO REFUGEES |
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| 1794- FEB. 18 BILL PASSED ALTERING ACT OF US MINT |
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| 1794-FEB. 23 MADISON OPPOSED BUILDING MEDDITERRANIAN FLEET |
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| 1794-FEB. 25 HOUSE PASSED BILL AMENDING ACT OF US MINT |
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| 1794-FEB. 27 SENATE REFERRED APPROPIATIONS BILL TO COMMITTEE |
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| 1794-DEC. 8 UNIFORM SYSTEM OF BANKRUPTCY REPORTED |
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| 1794 DEC. 11 WASHINGTON AUTHORIZED 2 MILLION DOLLAR LOAN |
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| 1794 DEC. 21 ADAMS WROTE FATHER OF CURRENCY PROBLEMS |
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| 1794 DEC, 29 HOUSE DEBATES NATURALIZATION BILL |
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| 1795 DEC. 11 SENATE CONSIDERED ACT IF OUTLAWRY |
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| 1800 THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT MOVES TO WASHINGTON D.C. |
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| 1802 CONGRESS LETS WASHINGTON SELECT A CITY COUNCIL |
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| 1814 ENGLAND INVADES AND BURNS BUILDINGS DURING THE WAR OF 1812 |
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| 1846 THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE IS FOUND |
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| 1861 CIVIL WAR STARTS |
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| 1862 LINCOLN ENDS SLAVERY IN D.C. |
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| 1865 UNION WINS CIVIL WAR; JOHN WILKS BOOTH KILLS LINCOLN AT FORD`S THEATER; THE GOVERNMENT ENDS SLAVERY |
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| 1878 CONGRESS ENDS TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT; PRESIDENT APPOINTS PEOPLE TO RUN THE CITY |
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| 1888 WASHINGTON MONUMENT OPENS TO PUBLIC |
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| 1914 LINCOLN MEMORIAL IS COMPLETE |
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| 1935 SUPREME COURT BUILDING COMPLETED |
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| 1943 JEFFERSON MEMORIAL COMPLETED |
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| 1963 WASHINGTONIANS GET VOTING RIGHTS FOR U.S. PRESIDENTS |
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| 1967 PRESIDENT APPOINTS A MAYOR AND CITYCOUNCIL FOR D.C. |
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| 1970 WASHINGTON CITIZENS GAIN RIGHT TO ELECT NON-VOTING REPS TO CONGRESS |
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| 1973 CONGRESS ALLOWS WASHINGTON TO ELECT A MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL |
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| 1990 SHARO PRATT KELLY IS FIRST FEMALE MAYOR OF D.C. |
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| 1992 US HOUSE OF REPS. APPROVES STATEHOUSE FOR D.C. |
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| 1995 LOUIS FARRAKHAN HELPS AT MILLION MAN MARCH AT THE NATIONAL MALL |
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