The origin of the name of the U.S. capital


The origin of the name of the U.S. capital

 In 1800 the Congress prior to the meeting locations were selected in different places. In 1785, Congress voted, decided to build a permanent "Federal town", but the location of the "Federal City" work completed until five years later. At that time, Congress passed a bill to allow George Washington along the Potomac River to choose a place as the capital of the United States. Washington chose a diamond-shaped land between Maryland and Virginia, an area of ​​26 square kilometers. The location of the land around the middle of New England and Georgia, indicating that a compromise between the north and south of interest groups. And here happens to be far away from Washington at Mount Vernon mansion.

 You may have guessed, Washington, DC is the first U.S. president named. However, you may not have thought that the words of "Columbia" was referring to, Christopher the Columbus. In which the founding fathers of the United States, some people want the name of the capital to commemorate Columbus 'discovery of America, was in 1792, and soon the anniversary of the 300th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of the Americas, however, some people want the name of the capital in recognition of President achievements.

 After some discussion within the Congress to reach a consensus, three members appointed by Washington to be responsible for the supervision of the capital construction work, three members of the decision: the federal government of the District will be named the District of Columbia, the federal government where the City will be named "Washington City". A few years later, the more commonly used "SAR" replaced the word "area", 1871, the capital was officially incorporated into federal

 Some people have proposed that the capital is named Washingtonople, but the proposal has not been adopted.


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