American history tvs american artifacts visits, museums and Historic Places and up next, we travel to philadelphias Independence National historical park, learn about Congress Hall. The Meeting Place of the u. S. House and senate between 1790 and 1800. Our guide is park Ranger Matthew ifill. We are standing in the old house of representatives in a building that we Call Congress hall, although originally it was built as a courthouse for philadelphia for most of its history, thats exactly what it was. But in the years that the city of washington, d. C. Is being built, philadelphia serves as our temporary us. This room serves for the house of representatives. The second floor of the building that well see in a moment was the United States senate, the house of representatives. Each representative at that in our history represented 30,000 people. We had a population at our first census of about three and three quarters million. We had 106 members of the house we would sit in this room and e
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Travel to park, learn about Congress Hall. The Meeting Place of the u. S. House and senate between 1790 an18 is park Ranger Matthew ifill. We are standing in the old house of representatives in a building that we Call Congress hall, although originally it was built as a courthouse for philadelphia for most of its history, thats exactly what it was. But in the years that the city of washington, d. C. Is being built, philadelphia serves as our temporary us. This room serves for the house of representatives. That well see in a moment was the United States senate, the house of representatives. Each representative at that in history represented 30,000 people. We had a population at our first census of about three and three quarters million. We had 106 members of the house we would sit in this room and eventually from 16 states and the story a capitol the story where were taking a new and actually offer it doing things like adding new states to so the bill of would become a part our constitu
American history tvs american artifacts visits, museums and Historic Places and up next, we travel to philadelphias Independence National historical park, learn about Congress Hall. The Meeting Place of the u. S. House and senate between 1790 and 1800. Our guide is park Ranger Matthew ifill. We are standing in the old house of■tvfa building that we Call Congress hall, although originally it was built as a courthouse for philadelphia for most of its history, thats exactly what it wa years that ty of washington, d. C. Is being built, philadelphia serves as our temporary us. This room serves for the house of representatives. The second floor of the building that well see in a moment was the United States senate, the house of representatives. Chresentative at that in our history represented 30,000 people. We had a population at our first census of about three and three quarters million. We had 106 members of the house we would sit in this room and eventually from 16 states and the story
Travel to philadelphias Independence National historical park, learn about Congress Hall. Of the u. S. House and senate between 1790 and 1800. Our guide is park Ranger Matthew ifill. 0 we are standing in the old house of representatives in a building that we Call Congress hall, although originally it was built as a courthouse for philadelphia fort of its history, thats exactly what it was. But in the years that the city of washington, d. C. Is being built, philadelphia serv us. This room serves for the house of representatives. The second floor of the building that well see in a moment was house of representatives. Each representative at that in our history represented 30,000 people. We had a population at our first census of about three and three quarters million. We had 106 members of the house we would sit in this room and eventually from 16 states and the story as the us capitol the story where were taking a new offer it doing things like adding new states to the original 13 also.