Question

Southern states agreed to help pay off war debts in exchange for locating the nation’s capital in which city?

Answer 1

Washington, d.c.

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the nation’s capital now is washington

Answer 2

Washington, D.C., is a city founded on a compromise. During the Revolutionary War, American states each went into debt when they borrowed money to pay for the war with England. By 1790, states in the south had paid off most of their debt, but northern states had not.

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