Residence Act

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United States federal law constitutional implementation law statute

The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Residence Act canonical	5
Residence Act of 1790	5
Compromise of 1790	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ constitutional implementation law ⓘ statute ⓘ
appliesTo	seat of government of the United States ⓘ
authorized	establishment of a permanent national capital ⓘ president to acquire land for the federal district ⓘ president to appoint commissioners to survey and define the federal district ⓘ
capitalCityEstablished	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
category	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: History of Washington, D.C. United States federal legislation ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateEnacted	1790-07-16 ⓘ
effect	established future capital in a new federal district ⓘ moved U.S. capital from New York City to Philadelphia temporarily ⓘ
governs	selection and establishment of the federal district ⓘ
historicalEra	Early national period of the United States ⓘ
implementedBy	District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	enacted ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
locatedBetween	Potomac River ⓘ surface form: Potomac River at the Conococheague Potomac River ⓘ surface form: Potomac River at the Eastern Branch
maximumSize	100 square miles ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Alexander Hamilton ⓘ James Madison ⓘ Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
partOf	Residence Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Compromise of 1790
politicalContext	sectional compromise between northern and southern states ⓘ
presidentInOffice	George Washington ⓘ
primaryBeneficiaryRegion	Southern states ⓘ
primaryOppositionRegion	Northern states ⓘ
providedFor	federal district not exceeding ten miles square ⓘ selection of a site for the seat of the U.S. federal government ⓘ
region	Potomac River ⓘ surface form: Potomac River basin
relatedTo	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: District of Columbia Funding Act of 1790 ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
resultedIn	creation of Washington, D.C. ⓘ creation of the District of Columbia ⓘ
shortDescription	1790 U.S. law establishing a permanent national capital on the Potomac River ⓘ
signedBy	George Washington ⓘ
specifiedLocation	Potomac River ⓘ
startOfEffect	1790 ⓘ
subjectMatter	location of the United States capital ⓘ
temporarySeatEndDate	1800-12-01 ⓘ
temporarySeatOfGovernment	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
timeLimitForSelection	before the first Monday in December 1800 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Washington, D.C. → federalDistrictCreatedBy → Residence Act ⓘ

Residence Act → partOf → Residence Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Compromise of 1790

Funding Act of 1790 → compromiseInvolved → Residence Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Compromise of 1790

Funding Act of 1790 → linkedTo → Residence Act ⓘ