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The Residence Act of 1790 A sketch of Washington, D.C. by Thomas Jefferson in March 1791. The Residence Act of 1790, officially titled An Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the Government of the United States (1 Stat. 130), is a United States federal statute adopted during the second session of the 1st United States Congress and signed into law by President George ...
The compromise made possible the passage of the Residence Act and Funding Act of 1790 in July and August 1790. According to historian Jacob Cooke, it is "generally regarded as one of the most important bargains in American history, ranking just below the better known Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850." [1]
Pursuant to this power, Congress in 1790 passed the first naturalization law for the United States, the Naturalization Act of 1790. The law enabled those who had resided in the country for two years and had kept their current state of residence for a year to apply for citizenship.
The Naturalization Act of 1795 repealed and superseded the 1790 Act. The 1795 Act extended the residence requirement to five years and required that a prospective applicant give notice of three years of application. The Naturalization Act of 1798 extended the residency requirement to 14 years and the notice period to five years.
Patent Act of 1790; R. ... Residence Act; T. Tariff of 1790; Tariff of 1791 This page was last edited on 18 January 2022, at 15:29 (UTC). Text is available under ...
The cornerstone of this new building was laid on May 21, 1790. [7] However, before the building was completed, Congress passed the Residence Act of July 16, 1790, which named Philadelphia as the temporary national capital for a 10-year period while the permanent national capital was under construction at what is now Washington, D.C.
Dec. 27, 1790: Provisions of the Act for the Collection of Duties extended to act of August 10, 1790. An Act supplementary to the act intitled “An act making further provision for the payment of the debts of the United States.” Sess. 3, ch. 1 1 Stat. 188 (chapter 1) 2: Jan. 7, 1791: Unlading of Ships and Vessels in cases of Obstruction by Ice.
After the constitution was ratified, the national capital of the United States was in New York City. [3] On July 16, 1790, Congress passed the Residence Act (1 Stat. 130), which designated Philadelphia the temporary capital for a 10-year period while the permanent capital at Washington, D.C., was constructed.