Today, the U.S. capital is in Washington D.C. which is not a city in any of the 50 States. The first governments of the U.S. met in Philadelphia beginning with the Continental Congress and including the Washington and Adams administrations before the seat of government moved to Washington D.C. during Jefferson's presidency.
New York City was the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790. The modern city was formed by the 1898 consolidation of its five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island, and has been the largest U.S. city ever since.
The Residence Act of July 16, 1790, put the nation's capital in current-day Washington as part of a plan to appease pro-slavery states who feared a northern capital as being too sympathetic to abolitionists.
The state of New York would have even more geopolitical influence as it would be home to the nation's capitol. The city of New York would most likely be even more populous than in real life. NYC would be much more popular. It's tourism would increase as people would want to see the US capitol buildings.
On September 13, 1788, New York City was established as America's first capital under the Constitution of the United States. New York had already hosted the nation's legislature and served as the de facto capital since 1785.
New York City was the first capital of the United States once the Constitution was ratified. George Washington took the oath of office to become the first President of the United States from the balcony of the old City Hall.
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