After Washington achieved statehood in 1889, it was decided to allow Olympia to continue to be the new state’s capital city, as it had been the territorial capital of Washington territory, thanks to its excellent location. A temporary capitol building served the state until the current one fi...
The largest city Washington State is not the capital Olympia butSeattle, a Pacific seaport located on an isthmus between Puget Sound and Lake Washington. Seattle is one of the major gateways for North American trade with Asia and is also home to many companies in the fields biotechnology, compu...
But Washington, D.C., is not a city in either state. James Madison explained that keeping the nation's capital as a district prevented any one state from holding too much power. Instead, when the newly formed federal district territory was named the District of Columbia Sept. 9, 1791, ...
Ocean. It was admitted as the 42nd state in 1889. Explored by Capt. James Cook in 1778, Washington was the object of a dispute between Britain and the United States until 1846, when its northern border was set at the 49th parallel. Olympia is the capital and Seattle the largest city. ...
The capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. Each of the 50 states in the nation has its own capital city. Though some states have changed their capitals, especially when they were territories, most have not changed their capital city since becoming a state....
Welfare: Building on the success of Bill Clinton’s welfare reform, get Washington out of the business of redistribution. Fixing these three problems would be a big step toward more growth and more freedom. As we also know how to fix Social Security, Medicare, agriculture, housing, and transp...
of 100 in Washington D.C., the United States. Henry Kissinger died on Wednesday at home in Connecticut at the age of 100. Kissinger had made it his lifelong pursuit to promote the development of China-U.S. relations and enhance the friendship between the two peoples. (Xinhua/Jiang Guo...
As results poured in from around 10 p.m. to the early hours of the morning, the race considered highly important in the flipping of the House majority in Washington, was decided. Incumbent Nick LaLota, representative of the 1st Congressional District, won 55.7% of the vote to Democratic opp...
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by increased westward expansion, industrialization, and the influx of millions of immigrants. The United States entered World War II after the Japanese attack (1941) on Pearl Harbor and emerged after the war as a world power. Washington, DC, is the capital and New York the largest city. ...