When Washington became president, New York City was the capital. What happened to change that?
Hamilton agreed to support a plan to move the capital to the South to gain support for his financial plan.
Jefferson wanted the capital moved to Richmond, but he was outvoted.
Washington wanted the capital to be in a place named for him.
The city planners who built it felt that the best location for the nation's capital would be on prime farmland along the banks
of the Potomac