Which city was the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790?
New York is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2018 population of 8,398,748 distributed over a land area of about 302.6 square miles (784 km2), New York is also the most densely populated major city in the United States.
New York City traces its origins to a trading post founded by colonists from the Dutch Republic in 1624 on Lower Manhattan; the post was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, the Duke of York. New York was the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790, and has been the largest US city since 1790.
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16 Comments
Sean Philips
Poor explanation- the author should have told us how and why it became the capital.
Johnny Rock
Barely explains anything.
William Laughlin
Of course the options were inane. This is a product of \\ZaiN//.
This question could have been so much better had the options been the correct one plus 3 of the 7 other past capitals of the fledgling USA before Washington, D.C.
The various other capitals are:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Baltimore, Maryland
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
York, Pennsylvania
Princeton, New Jersey
Annapolis, Maryland
Trenton, New Jersey and
New York City, which is the correct answer in this case.
Overall, a giveaway.
Sally
It was Philadelphia. Come visit!
Howard Groopman
Ridiculous choices. Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia could have been used.
Elsy O. Stromberg
Brad Schwebler, Yes it is- I lived close to it in So. Calif.
James Clausen
Sean Philips, worse selection of answers.
John W Shreve
Quincy wasn't a terrible choice. Pronounced "Quinzy" (at least then), it is the birthplace of both Presidents Adams.
Helga U. Williams
I liked the "Ontario" option LOL.
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Raymond Hodge
Quiz club is international not American history. Humans from other countries are not taught all about American history just as American humans are not taught about international history. William Laughlin were you taught about the history of Van Dieman Land or Australian aboriginals?
William Laughlin
Pat Wells,
Complaining will definitely NOT drive \\ZaiN// away. He along with Carol Whites, David Wilkes, and brian I ARE Quizzclub surrogates.
I'm surprised you don't already know that.
And if this is the best they can do, then they are failing.
This question could have been so much better had the options been the correct one plus 3 of the 7 other past capitals of the fledgling USA before Washington, D.C. The various other capitals are:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Baltimore, Maryland
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
York, Pennsylvania
Princeton, New Jersey Annapolis, Maryland
Trenton, New Jersey and
New York City, which is the correct answer in this case.
Pat Wells
Stop complaining, people. Writers are doing their best. Complaining will drive them away and there will be no quizzclub for anyone. The alternative is to become a writer and see how it feels when people complain about your questions.
Pat Wells
The explanation are from Wikipedia, etc. Complain to those people if you don't like the explanation.
chipdhf
Ridiculous answer choices. They should have been: Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and New York City.
Teri W.
Would have been better if harder choices had been given, like Boston and Philadelphia.
Richard G Schwartz
Washington's house was located on Cherry st not too far from the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge.