Several places were proposed, but Congress could not agree on one. Two congressmen from Virginia were also there. The four men talked politics. Southern votes had defeated a bill in Congress that Mister Hamilton wanted very much to be approved. It would have required the federal government to pay the money owed by the states for fighting the war to gain independence from Britain. The two Virginia congressmen agreed to change their votes against the bill.
And, Mister Hamilton agreed to find northern votes to support a proposal to build the capital along the Potomac River between the states of Virginia and Maryland. That is how Congress agreed to build the capital in a federal area on land provided by the two states.
The larger federal area would be named the District of Columbia. Columbia had become another name for the United States, one that was used by poets and other writers. Today, Washington, D. Start your free trial today. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Twice a week we compile our most fascinating features and deliver them straight to you. Live TV. This Day In History.
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