Capital

The. From the beginning of the Revolution until the adoption of the Constitution the Congre of the United States had no fixed place of holding its se ions, but met on various occasions at Philadelphia, Baltimore, Lancaster, York, Princeton, Anna polis, Trenton and New York. In 1783 after a long debate Congre selected a site near the falls of the Delaware, and in 1784 resolved to meet at New York until the new town was completed. The plans for the capital were not carried out and nothing further was done until after the adoption of the Constitution. During the se ion of the first Congre the matter was again called up, and after a lengthy discu ion in which sectional jealousy ran high an act was pa ed June 28, 1790, selecting a site upon the Potomac. Maryland and Virginia ceded land for this purpose. By this act Congre met at Philadelphia until November, 180, when the Government removed to its permanent capital (Washington).