Examples of Columbia in the following topics:
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- The angel Columbia was an image commonly used at the time to personify the United States.
- During the era of manifest destiny, many images were produced of Columbia spreading democracy and other United States values across the western lands.
- This 1872 painting depicts Columbia as the "Spirit of the Frontier," carrying telegraph lines across the western frontier to fulfill manifest destiny.
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- The District of Columbia (Washington City in the District of Columbia) has a charter similar to charters of major cities instead of having a constitution like the states and territories.
- The District of Columbia Home Rule Act establishes the Council of the District of Columbia, which governs the entire district and has certain devolved powers similar to those of major cities.
- Attempts at statehood for the District of Columbia have included the drafting of two constitutions in 1982 and 1987 respectively, referring to the district as the State of New Columbia.
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- Illustrated by the white, blonde, feminine figure of Columbia, the historical personification of the United States, people saw the nation's mission as one of bringing education, modern technology, and civilization to the West and driving away the "uncivilized" American Indians.
- In John Gast’s American Progress (ca. 1872), the figure of Columbia, representing the United States and the spirit of democracy, makes her way westward, literally bringing light to the darkness as she advances.
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- Regulations
for slaves in the District of Columbia, most of whom were servants for the
government elite, were in effect until the 1850s.
- Compared to some Southern
codes, the District of Columbia's regulations were relatively moderate.
- Following the Compromise of 1850, the sale of slaves was outlawed within
Washington D.C., and slavery in the District of Columbia ended in 1862 with
nearly 3,000 slaveholders being offered a compensation.
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- The case resulted from a petition to the Supreme Court by William Marbury who had been appointed by President John Adams as Justice of the Peace in the District of Columbia.
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- The case resulted from a petition to the Supreme Court by William Marbury, who President John Adams had appointed as justice of the peace in the District of Columbia, but whose commission was not subsequently delivered.
- An ardent Federalist and vigorous supporter of the Adams presidency, Marbury was appointed justice of the peace in the District of Columbia.
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- Sites in Alaska (East Beringia) are where some of the
earliest evidence has been found of Paleo-Indians, followed by archaeological
sites in northern British Columbia, western Alberta, and the Old Crow Flats
region in the Yukon.
- Trade routes also have been found from the British
Columbia Interior to the coast of California.
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- To balance the interests of the North and the South, he also wanted to acquire the Oregon Country (present-day Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and British Columbia), and he sought to purchase California from Mexico.
- Previous US administrations had offered to divide the region along the 49th parallel, which was not acceptable to Britain, as they had commercial interests along the Columbia River.
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- Here Columbia, a personification of the United States, leads civilization westward with American settlers, stringing telegraph wire as she sweeps west; she holds a school book.
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- It was largely ignored by the New York City-based national media, which focused on the student shutdown of Columbia University in New York, led by an inter-racial alliance of Columbia SDS chapter activists and Student Afro Society activists.