Creating Washington, D.C..Main MenuCongress and the Land DealsOverreaches of PowerFederalist and Antifederalist PerspectivesThe Three BranchesCitizens and the CityBibliographyTheresa Hamm3dde3bfdae2b4dc6d907fd561695d83469187191
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12019-05-02T00:50:42-07:00Theresa Hamm3dde3bfdae2b4dc6d907fd561695d834691871913315814plain2019-05-12T06:35:26-07:00Nancy Um4051576cc4fc4011fb0706d1c68e5004e7744d2dAll in all, when looking deeper into Washington, D.C., the city truly exemplifies the era during which it was built. From a new government testing the bounds of the power it had just established to L'Enfant's design that helped personify the writing of the Constitution, the history of the republic is deeply ingrained into the capital city. Further, the spacial distances between the White House and the Capitol along with the missing Supreme Court building presented new challenges between the branches of government that were not familiar with working in close proximity to each other. Moreover, clashes between Washington, L'Enfant and Jefferson regarding the size and location of specific buildings and public spaces emphasizes that the role of the new government had not been decided on. As a whole, the process of creating Washington, D.C. encapsulates the conflict, the ideologies, and the growth of the early republic.
