Washington D.C.

The District of Columbia (also called Washington D.C.) was and still is the prime capital of the United States. Though not an actual state and more of land between Virginia and Maryland, the Founding Fathers retreated their home at Philadelphia near this location. Washington D.C. lies on the coast of the Potomac River and was selected as central of the US since this was where George Washington was elected for president. After the war, the delegates thought the capital should be moved from Philadelphia to this area. The city was known as Federal City, and John Adams was in charge. Later, it was changed to Washington D.C. in honor of Washington and Christopher Columbus. Before Washington died, he and Thomas Jefferson picked a French architect named Pierr L'Enfant to design the city. He thought the perfect area would be betweem Georgetown, Maryland, and Alexandria, Virginia. L'Enfant quarrled with police and was dismissed. In the War of 1812, the British captured the city and burned it, along with John Adam's White House. Since Washington D.C. wasn't an actual state, citizens didn't have a central government, so they couldn't participate in voteing. In 1961, the twenty-third Amendmant was passed allowing citizens to vote.

Location
The location of the District of Columbia was located between two cities: Georgetown, Maryland and Alexandria, Virginia. It covered two-thirds of its original size.