Poll: be honest...before this thread, did you know that...

[FreshPrince]

Philadelphia was USA's capital city before 1800?

 

[imported_Tick]

Umm, yeah....

 

[imported_LoKe]

No.

 

[JDrake]

Of course I did
I grew up in Philly, I'd better know that

 

[Feldenak]

Yes I did. I learned that sometime around middle school/HS.

 

[Sphexi]

Yep.

 

[Paratus]

Yes
<- From Pa. orginally



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[mrSHEiK124]

You said be honest, no I didn't know.

 

[MazerRackham]

No. I am from California though. We don't know crap about the rest of you fools!!! SoCal is the center of the known universe!!!

 

[Pepsi90919]

why the hell would i know that

 

[Supermercado]

Sure did.

 

[FreshPrince]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
why the hell would i know that

I didn't know either

 

[wvtalbot]

umm yeah. Then again I have degrees in history and geography.

 

[wvtalbot]

Actually it was more than just Philly:

Chronological Table of the Capitals

First Continental Congress

September 5, 1774 to October 24, 1774:
Philadelphia, Carpenter?s Hall

Second Continental Congress

May 10, 1775 to December 12, 1776:
Philadelphia, State House

December 20, 1776 to February 27, 1777:
Baltimore, Henry Fite?s House

March 4, 1777 to September 18, 1777:
Philadelphia, State House

September 27, 1777 (one day):
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Court House

September 30, 1777 to June 27, 1778:
York, Pennsylvania, Court House

July 2, 1778 to March 1, 1781:
Philadelphia, College Hall, then State House

Congress under the Articles of Confederation

March 1, 1781 to June 21, 1783:
Philadelphia, State House

June 30, 1783 to November 4, 1783:
Princeton, New Jersey, ?Prospect,? then Nassau Hall

November 26, 1783 to August 19, 1784:
Annapolis, Maryland, State House

November 1, 1784 to December 24, 1784:
Trenton, New Jersey, French Arms Tavern

January 11, 1785 to Autumn 1788:
New York, City Hall, then Fraunce's Tavern

Congress under the Constitution

March 4, 1789 to August 12, 1790:
New York, Federal Hall

December 6, 1790 to May 14, 1800:
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County Building?Congress Hall

November 17, 1800:
Washington, U.S. Capitol

Source: Robert Fortenbaugh, The Nine Capitals of the United States, page 9.

 

[FoBoT]

DC history began in 1790 when Congress directed selection of a new capital site, 100 sq mi, along the Potomac. When the site was determined, it included 30.75 sq mi on the Virginia side of the river. In 1846, however, Congress returned that area to Virginia, leaving the 68.25 sq mi ceded by Maryland in 1788. The seat of government was transferred from Philadelphia to Washington on Dec. 1, 1800, and President John Adams became the first resident in the White House.

 

[veryape]

Yea, I knew that, but I will say that I had learned it in grade school, forgotten the information, and then read it somewhere about five years ago, and said to myself "oh yea, that's right, I remember learning that." I had totally forgotten it, and probably would never had remembered it, and would have gone on thinking Washington was the nations capital, had I not re-read it. My memory is terrible sometimes.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: FreshPrince
Philadelphia was USA's capital city before 1800?

Yes, honest.

 

[Cdubneeddeal]

Damn..I thought it was Seattle..my bad

 

[CallMeJoe]

And did you know that George Washington was not the first president of the United States? He was the first president under the U.S. Constitution, but the Confederated United States had several presidents before GW.

 

[potato28]

I dont care... I live in a different country.

 

[Beige]

si

 

[PowerMacG5]

As wvtalbot, NYC was the first capital under the constitution, so bah.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: potato28
I dont care... I live in a different country.

I don't care.

 

[Evadman]

I didn't know when it flipped, but I knew it was the capital.

 

[Baked]

High school American History much?