virginia and west virginia donated land for the nations capital the district of columbia.
virginia and west virginia donated land for the nations capital the district of columbia.
what two states donated land for the nations capital the district of columbia?
virginia
at the start of the federalist era, new york city was the nation's capital, but the constitution had provided for the establishment of a permanent national capital under federal authority. article one of the constitution permits the establishment of a "district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of congress, become the seat of the government of the united states". in what is now known as the compromise of 1790, madison, alexander hamilton, and thomas jefferson came to an agreement that the federal government would pay each state's remaining revolutionary war debts in exchange for establishing the new national capital in the southern united states. in july 1790, congress passed the residence act, which approved the creation of a national capital on the potomac river. the exact location was to be selected by president george washington. maryland and virginia donated land to the federal government that collectively formed a square measuring on each side. the residence act also established philadelphia as the federal capital until the government moved to the federal district. congress adjourned its last meeting in philadelphia on may 15, 1800, and the city officially ceased to be the nation's seat of government as of june 1800. president john adams moved into the white house later that year.
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