A) George Washington chose the site because it was a central location.
The Capital city of the United States is Washington, D.C., and then every state has its own capital as well. (The D.C. stands for District of Columbia)
Because Washington, D.C. (the nation's capital) lies between Maryland and Virginia. President Lincoln placed much of Maryland under Martial Law during the war to protect the capital.
The state of Maryland donated land to build the nation's capital in Washington, D.C. The capital of the United States before this was Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John Quincy Adams was the first President of the United States to sleep in the White House but for only a short time before his term was up.
Maryland ('Buffer' state, loyal to Union). Virginia (Late recruit to the Confederacy, but containing the Confederate capital, Rchmond.)
The history behind the naming of the Nations Capital is...Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbiaand commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790.The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until an act of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the Territory into a single entity called the District of Columbia. It is for this reason that the city, while legally named the District of Columbia, is known as Washington, D.C.Columbia was chosen as it was a poetic name commonly in use to describe the United States in the late 1800's
It's Washington D.C which is located between Virginia and Maryland on the Potomac river.
On the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia, on land ceded by both states, in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia.
The Capital of America (or the Union) was still the District of Colombia (also called Washington, D.C.), which was south on the Potomac River in between Maryland and Virginia.
Hamilton and Jefferson agreed to a national capital along the Potomac River, which separates Maryland from Virginia.
George Washington chose the location based upon the site's accessibilty to the Potomac River and the fact that it had been agreed that the capital would be located in a southern state. That agreement had been worked out between Alexander hamilton and James Madison with Thomas Jefferson. Maryland and Virginia both ceded portions of their states to create the capital. Maryland gave the area north of the Potomac River and Virginia gave an area south of the Potomac. At first the capital had been a square, actually diamond shaped, but later on Virginia asked to have its portion back. Congress agreed and gave back the lower part of the capital.
The two states that gave land to Washington D.C. are Virginia and Maryland. These two contributed to the making of the US capital.
In exchange for Southern votes, promised to support locating the national capital on the banks of the Potomac River, the border between the two southern states, Virginia and Maryland.
The nation's capital, Washington, D.C., is located on land that was ceded by the states of Maryland and Virginia. It is a federal district, not part of any state, and serves as the seat of the U.S. federal government. The Potomac River separates Washington, D.C., from Virginia to the south and Maryland to the east and north.
Washington, D.C., is sandwiched between Maryland and Virginia.
Washington D.C. is the capital city of the United States. The Potomac River forms part of the border between Maryland and Washington, D.C.
Virginia is bordered by Maryland and West Virginia to the north. Annapolis is the capital city in the U.S. state of Maryland. Charleston is the capital city in the U.S. state of West Virginia.
No. The Mississippi River is in the center of the US, while Washington DC is between Maryland and Virginia, on the Potomac River.