2006-08-07 14:35:26 · 8 answers · asked by sally g 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
There was no USA in 1720.
2006-08-07 15:00:34 · answer #1 · answered by gtoacp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How did the USA have a capital in 1720 when it was still a colony of England?
But I believe Philadelphia was the capital?
2006-08-07 21:47:05 · answer #2 · answered by merigold00 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might want to rephrase your question to ask the capital of the USA from 1776-1800. The original 13 colonies didn't declare independence as a sovereign nation; the USA, until July 4, 1776. Also the US Constitution wasn't ratified until 1789 completing the transformation of all 13 colonies into one United States.
However, the answer is of course, Philadelphia.
2006-08-07 21:43:49 · answer #3 · answered by iraq51 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philadelphia
Of course there was a capital before the Constitution!
The entire country just fell out the sky in 1776?!?
2006-08-07 21:39:41 · answer #4 · answered by Bart S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was no capitol until the constitution was written. Philly is where the government was formed, but from teh adoption of the contitution the capitol was Washington DC, but the government was not in seat there at first, but it was the capitol.
2006-08-07 21:39:24 · answer #5 · answered by Steven K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know i don't think ther was one as far as i know i know that district of columbia was voted in by congress in 1791 and set into place in 1800
2006-08-07 21:42:06 · answer #6 · answered by Cheryl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was Philidelphia, Pennsylvania, but I'm not sure on that.
2006-08-07 21:39:41 · answer #7 · answered by nursesr4evr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was philadelphia
2006-08-07 21:42:09 · answer #8 · answered by chapelleseducatedguesser 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋