Have you ever wondered why Washington, D.C., the capital of the USA, isn’t in any state? While it might look like it’s part of Maryland or Virginia, it’s actually in the District of Columbia – a special federal zone unlike any other! Let’s go back to 1790, it was decided to create a brand-new capital named after George Washington. To make this happen, land was given by Maryland and Virginia. But instead of attaching it to a state, they formed an independent territory to ensure neutrality and prevent any state from holding too much power. The result? A city where only Congress has full authority over its laws! Today, the District of Columbia stands as a unique and iconic part of American history – a city that’s neither a state nor part of one! Fun Fact: Did you know that D.C.’s original borders included parts of both Maryland and Virginia?
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The US capitol should be moved to Nebraska or Kansas as that location is near the center of the US.
Dems want it to be a state but they dont understand it was specifically created to not be a state so its neutral.
And yeah the ”taxation without representation” is a good argument but the thing is it was never meant to become a population center.
Also some dems want a separate federal zone with white house, capitol etc, and the rest becomes a state, but they only want they because they are greedy for two safe democrat senate seats.
Best solution would be if there was a small federal zone with white house, capitol etc, rest gets absorbed by maryland
I'm soon to be 56 years old, born and raised in the United States and I never knew this.
Told us everything we already knew and didn't answer the question why.
District of criminals.
We should have statehood….we have no representative in Congress….isn't that what fought a war over….
District of Colombia. And the owner is Escobar and it's succeeded Cartels.
Imagine if Maryland took their half back
I Hate when people call d c washington so much I live in the ture washington. You were gonna namer south of columbus but we didn't want to be confused with dc. Then those fucker decided they wanted to be called washington.
Slaves built the capital and the white house. Remember that.
It’s like The Capitol surrounded by 50 districts
not my dumb ass thinkin Washington D.C. was in the state Washington 😞
51st state
It's on the Maryland side though technically
D.C. is a city-state similar to London and the Vatican. The flag is white with three red bars and stars indicating its position as a city-state existing on hills like Rome and London. It has its own police force, and its residents pay taxes without representation. Rome never died; it was brought to D.C.
Can anyone tell me how the animation at 0:16 was done
animation of construction and no its not made by puppet warp
Washington DC. Not Washington
Grew a year old, DC stands for district of Columbia 😅
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So that's why it had DC at the end of its name
If DC become a state, it would be a Democratic state too and I don't think the Republicans would want that.
From Poland: sob Warsaw is not independent city *sob*. But bordering countries (Czechia, Germany, Belarus) have independent capitals
How could any American not know this. I’m not American and even I know why they created a separate enclave.