United States Capitol (New York, temporary capital)

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The United States Capitol in New York, used during the city’s brief tenure as the nation’s temporary capital in the late 18th century, served as the meeting place for the U.S. Congress and key federal departments under the new Constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former legislative building ⓘ
historic government building ⓘ
seat of the United States Congress ⓘ
architecturalStyle 18th-century American civic architecture ⓘ
associatedWithDocument United States Bill of Rights ⓘ
linked to: Bill of Rights

United States Constitution ⓘ
associatedWithEvent establishment of the first federal departments ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution United States Department of State ⓘ
United States Department of War ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
associatedWithOffice Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
President of the United States ⓘ
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
Vice President of the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
endTime 1790 ⓘ
followedBy United States Capitol (Philadelphia) as temporary capital ⓘ
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) ⓘ
governmentFunction executive offices location ⓘ
legislative ⓘ
heritageStatus site associated with the founding era of the United States ⓘ
historicalPeriod early United States federal period ⓘ
locatedIn Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
State of New York ⓘ
linked to: New York State
locatedInTimeZone UTC−05:00 ⓘ
politicalSignificance first permanent seat of the United States Congress under the Constitution ⓘ
symbol of the new federal government ⓘ
precededBy meeting places of the Congress of the Confederation ⓘ
significantEvent adoption of the Bill of Rights by Congress ⓘ
first meeting of the United States Congress under the Constitution ⓘ
inauguration of George Washington as first President of the United States ⓘ
startTime 1789 ⓘ
underJurisdictionOf federal government of the United States ⓘ
usedAs meeting place of the United States Congress ⓘ
seat of the federal government of the United States ⓘ
temporary United States Capitol ⓘ
usedBy First United States Congress ⓘ
Second United States Congress ⓘ
United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
early federal departments of the United States ⓘ
usedFor federal legislative sessions ⓘ
implementation of the United States Constitution ⓘ
joint sessions of Congress ⓘ

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Department of Foreign Affairs → locatedIn → United States Capitol (New York, temporary capital) ⓘ
United States Capitol (New York, temporary capital) → followedBy → United States Capitol (Philadelphia) as temporary capital ⓘ
linked to: United States Capitol (New York, temporary capital)