the federal government of the United States | the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia |
a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific with capital Olympia | |
the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791 | |
1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799) | |
United States educator who was born a slave but became educated and founded a college at Tuskegee in Alabama (1856-1915) | |