What is important about the location george washington chose for the new capital?

The choice of president George Washington reflected a compromise between conflicting political factions of the time. Alexander Hamilton and the northern states wanted the federal government to take Revolutionary War debts, and Thomas Jefferson and the southern states preferred to locate the capital in a place friendly to agricultural interests and slavery. The city was founded in 1790 after Virgina and Maryland ceded land to the capital district.

Explanation:

according to classical republican political theory, which democratic republics would function best?

a.   small republics, with people who had similar interests

b.   large republics, with people who had competing interests

c.   republics made up entirely of landowners

d.   republics made up entirely of servants

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