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	The compromise is dramatized in the musical ''[[Hamilton (musical)\|Hamilton]]'' by [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]] in the song "[[The Room Where It Happens]]", which tells the story from the perspective of [[Aaron Burr]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://genius.com/Lin-manuel-miranda-the-room-where-it-happens-lyrics \|title=The Room Where It Happens \|website=Genius Lyrics}}</ref>		The compromise is dramatized in the musical ''[[Hamilton (musical)\|Hamilton]]'' by [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]] in the song "[[The Room Where It Happens]]", which tells the story from the perspective of [[Aaron Burr]], a bystander of this compromise who was not privy to the conversations at the negotiation.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://genius.com/Lin-manuel-miranda-the-room-where-it-happens-lyrics \|title=The Room Where It Happens \|website=Genius Lyrics}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	The '''Compromise of 1790''' was a compromise among [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[James Madison]], where Hamilton won the decision for the [[Federal government of the United States\|national government]] to take over and pay the state [[debt]]s, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, called the [[Washington, D.C.\|District of Columbia]], for the [[Southern United States\|South]]. This agreement resolved the deadlock in [[United States Congress\|Congress]]. Southerners had been blocking the assumption of state debts by the [[United States Department of the Treasury\|Department of the Treasury]], thereby destroying the [[Hamiltonian economic program\|Hamiltonian program]] for building a fiscally strong federal government. [[Northeastern United States\|Northerners]] rejected the proposal, much desired by [[Southern United States\|Southerners]], to locate the permanent national capital on the [[Virginia]]–[[Maryland]] border.		The '''Compromise of 1790''' was a compromise among [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[James Madison]], where Hamilton won the decision for the [[Federal government of the United States\|national government]] to take over and pay the state [[debt]]s, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, called the [[Washington, D.C.\|District of Columbia]], for the [[Southern United States\|South]]. This agreement resolved the deadlock in [[United States Congress\|Congress]]. Southerners had been blocking the assumption of state debts by the [[United States Department of the Treasury\|Department of the Treasury]], thereby destroying the [[Hamiltonian economic program\|Hamiltonian program]] for building a fiscally strong federal government. [[Northeastern United States\|Northerners]] rejected the proposal, much desired by [[Southern United States\|Southerners]], to locate the permanent national capital on the [[Virginia]]–[[Maryland]] border.

	The meeting, which was organized by [[Thomas Jefferson]], was attended only by [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[James Madison]], and Jefferson, which led to speculation about what was talked about.{{cn\|date=February 2021}}		The meeting, which was organized by Thomas Jefferson, was attended only by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Jefferson, which led to speculation about what was talked about.{{cn\|date=February 2021}}

	The compromise made possible the passage of the [[Residence Act]] and [[Funding Act of 1790]] in July and August 1790. According to historian Jacob Cooke, it is "generally regarded as one of the most important bargains in [[American history]], ranking just below the better known [[Missouri Compromise]] and the [[Compromise of 1850]]."<ref>Jacob E. Cooke, "The compromise of 1790." The William and Mary Quarterly: A Magazine of Early American History and Culture (1970): 524-545. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1919703 in JSTOR]</ref>		The compromise made possible the passage of the [[Residence Act]] and [[Funding Act of 1790]] in July and August 1790. According to historian Jacob Cooke, it is "generally regarded as one of the most important bargains in [[American history]], ranking just below the better known [[Missouri Compromise]] and the [[Compromise of 1850]]."<ref>Jacob E. Cooke, "The compromise of 1790." The William and Mary Quarterly: A Magazine of Early American History and Culture (1970): 524-545. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1919703 in JSTOR]</ref>

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	The '''Compromise of 1790''' was a compromise among [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[James Madison]], where Hamilton won the decision for the [[Federal government of the United States\|national government]] to take over and pay the state [[debt]]s, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, called the [[Washington, D.C.\|District of Columbia]], for the [[Southern United States\|South]]. This agreement resolved the deadlock in [[United States Congress\|Congress]]. Southerners had been blocking the assumption of state debts by the [[United States Department of the Treasury\|Department of the Treasury]], thereby destroying the [[Hamiltonian economic program\|Hamiltonian program]] for building a fiscally strong federal government. [[Northeastern United States\|Northerners]] rejected the proposal, much desired by [[Southern United States\|Southerners]], to locate the permanent national capital on the [[Virginia]]–[[Maryland]] border.		The '''Compromise of 1790''' was a compromise among [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[James Madison]], where Hamilton won the decision for the [[Federal government of the United States\|national government]] to take over and pay the state [[debt]]s, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, called the [[Washington, D.C.\|District of Columbia]], for the [[Southern United States\|South]]. This agreement resolved the deadlock in [[United States Congress\|Congress]]. Southerners had been blocking the assumption of state debts by the [[United States Department of the Treasury\|Department of the Treasury]], thereby destroying the [[Hamiltonian economic program\|Hamiltonian program]] for building a fiscally strong federal government. [[Northeastern United States\|Northerners]] rejected the proposal, much desired by [[Southern United States\|Southerners]], to locate the permanent national capital on the [[Virginia]]–[[Maryland]] border.

	The meeting, which was organized by [[Thomas Jefferson]], was attended only by [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[James Madison]], and Jefferson, which led to speculation about what was ~~discussed~~.{{cn\|date=February 2021}}		The meeting, which was organized by [[Thomas Jefferson]], was attended only by [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[James Madison]], and Jefferson, which led to speculation about what was talked about.{{cn\|date=February 2021}}

	The compromise made possible the passage of the [[Residence Act]] and [[Funding Act of 1790]] in July and August 1790. According to historian Jacob Cooke, it is "generally regarded as one of the most important bargains in [[American history]], ranking just below the better known [[Missouri Compromise]] and the [[Compromise of 1850]]."<ref>Jacob E. Cooke, "The compromise of 1790." The William and Mary Quarterly: A Magazine of Early American History and Culture (1970): 524-545. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1919703 in JSTOR]</ref>		The compromise made possible the passage of the [[Residence Act]] and [[Funding Act of 1790]] in July and August 1790. According to historian Jacob Cooke, it is "generally regarded as one of the most important bargains in [[American history]], ranking just below the better known [[Missouri Compromise]] and the [[Compromise of 1850]]."<ref>Jacob E. Cooke, "The compromise of 1790." The William and Mary Quarterly: A Magazine of Early American History and Culture (1970): 524-545. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1919703 in JSTOR]</ref>

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	{{short description\|1790 bargain between U.S. politicians to resolve the national debt and the capital's location}}		{{short description\|1790 bargain between U.S. politicians to resolve the national debt and the capital's location}}
	The '''Compromise of 1790''' was a compromise among [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[James Madison]], where Hamilton won the decision for the [[Federal government of the United States\|national government]] to take over and pay the state [[debt]]s, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, called the [[Washington, D.C.\|District of Columbia]], for the [[Southern United States\|South]]. This agreement resolved the deadlock in [[United States Congress\|Congress]]. Southerners had been blocking the assumption of state debts by the [[United States Department of the Treasury\|Department of the Treasury]], thereby destroying the [[Hamiltonian economic program\|Hamiltonian program]] for building a fiscally strong federal government. [[Northeastern United States\|Northerners]] rejected the proposal, much desired by [[~~Virginia~~\|~~Virginians~~]], to locate the permanent national capital on the ~~Virginia–~~[[Maryland]] border.		The '''Compromise of 1790''' was a compromise among [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[James Madison]], where Hamilton won the decision for the [[Federal government of the United States\|national government]] to take over and pay the state [[debt]]s, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, called the [[Washington, D.C.\|District of Columbia]], for the [[Southern United States\|South]]. This agreement resolved the deadlock in [[United States Congress\|Congress]]. Southerners had been blocking the assumption of state debts by the [[United States Department of the Treasury\|Department of the Treasury]], thereby destroying the [[Hamiltonian economic program\|Hamiltonian program]] for building a fiscally strong federal government. [[Northeastern United States\|Northerners]] rejected the proposal, much desired by [[Southern United States\|Southerners]], to locate the permanent national capital on the [[Virginia]]–[[Maryland]] border.

	The meeting, which was organized by [[Thomas Jefferson]], was attended only by [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[James Madison]], and Jefferson, which led to speculation about what was discussed.{{cn\|date=February 2021}}		The meeting, which was organized by [[Thomas Jefferson]], was attended only by [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[James Madison]], and Jefferson, which led to speculation about what was discussed.{{cn\|date=February 2021}}
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	==Meeting==		==Meeting==
	[[File:Alexander Hamilton ~~portrait~~ ~~by John Trumbull 1806~~.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1\|[[Alexander Hamilton]]]]		[[File:Alexander Hamilton MET DT222199.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1\|[[Alexander Hamilton]]]]
	[[File:James Madison.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1\|[[James Madison]]]]		[[File:James Madison portrait, U.S. House of Representatives.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1\|[[James Madison]]]]
	[[File:ThomasJeffersonStateRoomPortrait.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1\|[[Thomas Jefferson]]]]		[[File:ThomasJeffersonStateRoomPortrait.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1\|[[Thomas Jefferson]]]]
	Politicians at the federal and the state levels sought to break the legislative deadlock by unofficial negotiations. A number of clandestine meetings and political dinners were held in [[New York City]], then serving as the nation's temporary capital, in the summer of 1790.<ref>Ellis, 2000, p. 69</ref>		Politicians at the federal and the state levels sought to break the legislative deadlock by unofficial negotiations. A number of clandestine meetings and political dinners were held in [[New York City]], then serving as the nation's temporary capital, in the summer of 1790.<ref>Ellis, 2000, p. 69</ref>

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	The '''Compromise of 1790''' was a compromise ~~between~~ [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[James Madison]], where Hamilton won the decision for the [[Federal government of the United States\|national government]] to take over and pay the state [[debt]]s, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, called the [[Washington, D.C.\|District of Columbia]], for the [[Southern United States\|South]]. This agreement resolved the deadlock in [[United States Congress\|Congress]]. Southerners had been blocking the assumption of state debts by the [[United States Department of the Treasury\|Department of the Treasury]], thereby destroying the [[Hamiltonian economic program\|Hamiltonian program]] for building a fiscally strong federal government. [[Northeastern United States\|Northerners]] rejected the proposal, much desired by [[Virginia\|Virginians]], to locate the permanent national capital on the Virginia–[[Maryland]] border.		The '''Compromise of 1790''' was a compromise among [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[James Madison]], where Hamilton won the decision for the [[Federal government of the United States\|national government]] to take over and pay the state [[debt]]s, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, called the [[Washington, D.C.\|District of Columbia]], for the [[Southern United States\|South]]. This agreement resolved the deadlock in [[United States Congress\|Congress]]. Southerners had been blocking the assumption of state debts by the [[United States Department of the Treasury\|Department of the Treasury]], thereby destroying the [[Hamiltonian economic program\|Hamiltonian program]] for building a fiscally strong federal government. [[Northeastern United States\|Northerners]] rejected the proposal, much desired by [[Virginia\|Virginians]], to locate the permanent national capital on the Virginia–[[Maryland]] border.

	The meeting, which was organized by [[Thomas Jefferson]], was attended only by [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[James Madison]], and Jefferson, which led to speculation about what was discussed.{{cn\|date=February 2021}}		The meeting, which was organized by [[Thomas Jefferson]], was attended only by [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[James Madison]], and Jefferson, which led to speculation about what was discussed.{{cn\|date=February 2021}}

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	==In popular culture==		==In popular culture==
	The compromise is dramatized in the musical ''[[Hamilton (musical)\|Hamilton]]'' by [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]] in the song "[[The Room Where It Happens]]", which tells the story from the perspective of [[Aaron Burr]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://genius.com/Lin-manuel-miranda-the-room-where-it-happens-lyrics \|title=The Room Where It Happens \|website=Genius Lyrics}}</ref>		The compromise is dramatized in the musical ''[[Hamilton (musical)\|Hamilton]]'' by [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]] in the song "[[The Room Where It Happens]]", which tells the story from the perspective of [[Aaron Burr]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://genius.com/Lin-manuel-miranda-the-room-where-it-happens-lyrics \|title=The Room Where It Happens \|website=Genius Lyrics}}</ref>
	Officially titled Hamilton: An American Musical, it is a musical theatre production that tells the story of the [[Founding Fathers of the United States\|Founding Father]] Alexander Hamilton and his ascent out of poverty and to power against the backdrop of the [[American Revolution]].

	==See also==		==See also==

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	The '''Compromise of 1790''' was a compromise between [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[James Madison]], where Hamilton won the decision for the [[Federal government of the United States\|national government]] to take over and pay the state [[debt]]s, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, ~~the~~ called the [[Washington, D.C.\|District of Columbia]], for the [[Southern United States\|South]]. This agreement resolved the deadlock in [[United States Congress\|Congress]]. Southerners had been blocking the assumption of state debts by the [[United States Department of the Treasury\|Department of the Treasury]], thereby destroying the [[Hamiltonian economic program\|Hamiltonian program]] for building a fiscally strong federal government. [[Northeastern United States\|Northerners]] rejected the proposal, much desired by [[Virginia\|Virginians]], to locate the permanent national capital on the Virginia–[[Maryland]] border.		The '''Compromise of 1790''' was a compromise between [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[James Madison]], where Hamilton won the decision for the [[Federal government of the United States\|national government]] to take over and pay the state [[debt]]s, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, called the [[Washington, D.C.\|District of Columbia]], for the [[Southern United States\|South]]. This agreement resolved the deadlock in [[United States Congress\|Congress]]. Southerners had been blocking the assumption of state debts by the [[United States Department of the Treasury\|Department of the Treasury]], thereby destroying the [[Hamiltonian economic program\|Hamiltonian program]] for building a fiscally strong federal government. [[Northeastern United States\|Northerners]] rejected the proposal, much desired by [[Virginia\|Virginians]], to locate the permanent national capital on the Virginia–[[Maryland]] border.

	The meeting, which was organized by [[Thomas Jefferson]], was attended only by [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[James Madison]], and Jefferson, which led to speculation about what was discussed.{{cn\|date=February 2021}}		The meeting, which was organized by [[Thomas Jefferson]], was attended only by [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[James Madison]], and Jefferson, which led to speculation about what was discussed.{{cn\|date=February 2021}}

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	==In popular culture==		==In popular culture==
	The compromise is dramatized in the musical ''[[Hamilton (musical)\|Hamilton]]'' by [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]] in the song "[[The Room Where It Happens]]", which tells the story from the perspective of [[Aaron Burr]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://genius.com/Lin-manuel-miranda-the-room-where-it-happens-lyrics \|title=The Room Where It Happens \|website=Genius Lyrics}}</ref>		The compromise is dramatized in the musical ''[[Hamilton (musical)\|Hamilton]]'' by [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]] in the song "[[The Room Where It Happens]]", which tells the story from the perspective of [[Aaron Burr]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://genius.com/Lin-manuel-miranda-the-room-where-it-happens-lyrics \|title=The Room Where It Happens \|website=Genius Lyrics}}</ref>
	Officially titled Hamilton: An American Musical, it's a musical theatre production~~. Specifically, one~~ that tells the story of ~~forgotten~~ ~~American~~ Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and his ascent out of poverty and to power against the backdrop of the American ~~War of Independence~~		Officially titled Hamilton: An American Musical, it is a musical theatre production that tells the story of the [[Founding Fathers of the United States\|Founding Father]] Alexander Hamilton and his ascent out of poverty and to power against the backdrop of the [[American Revolution]].

	==See also==		==See also==

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	The '''Compromise of 1790''' was a compromise among [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[James Madison]], where Hamilton won the decision for the [[Federal government of the United States\|national government]] to take over and pay the state [[debt]]s, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, called the [[Washington, D.C.\|District of Columbia]], for the [[Southern United States\|South]]. This agreement resolved the deadlock in [[United States Congress\|Congress]]. Southerners had been blocking the assumption of state debts by the [[United States Department of the Treasury\|Department of the Treasury]], thereby destroying the [[Hamiltonian economic program\|Hamiltonian program]] for building a fiscally strong federal government. [[Northeastern United States\|Northerners]] rejected the proposal, much desired by [[~~Virginia~~\|~~Virginians~~]], to locate the permanent national capital on the ~~Virginia–~~[[Maryland]] border.		The '''Compromise of 1790''' was a compromise among [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[James Madison]], where Hamilton won the decision for the [[Federal government of the United States\|national government]] to take over and pay the state [[debt]]s, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, called the [[Washington, D.C.\|District of Columbia]], for the [[Southern United States\|South]]. This agreement resolved the deadlock in [[United States Congress\|Congress]]. Southerners had been blocking the assumption of state debts by the [[United States Department of the Treasury\|Department of the Treasury]], thereby destroying the [[Hamiltonian economic program\|Hamiltonian program]] for building a fiscally strong federal government. [[Northeastern United States\|Northerners]] rejected the proposal, much desired by [[Southern United States\|Southerners]], to locate the permanent national capital on the [[Virginia]]–[[Maryland]] border.

	The meeting, which was organized by [[Thomas Jefferson]], was attended only by [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[James Madison]], and Jefferson, which led to speculation about what was discussed.{{cn\|date=February 2021}}		The meeting, which was organized by [[Thomas Jefferson]], was attended only by [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[James Madison]], and Jefferson, which led to speculation about what was discussed.{{cn\|date=February 2021}}
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	==Meeting==		==Meeting==
	[[File:Alexander Hamilton ~~portrait~~ ~~by John Trumbull 1806~~.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1\|[[Alexander Hamilton]]]]		[[File:Alexander Hamilton MET DT222199.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1\|[[Alexander Hamilton]]]]
	[[File:James Madison.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1\|[[James Madison]]]]		[[File:James Madison portrait, U.S. House of Representatives.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1\|[[James Madison]]]]
	[[File:ThomasJeffersonStateRoomPortrait.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1\|[[Thomas Jefferson]]]]		[[File:ThomasJeffersonStateRoomPortrait.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1\|[[Thomas Jefferson]]]]
	Politicians at the federal and the state levels sought to break the legislative deadlock by unofficial negotiations. A number of clandestine meetings and political dinners were held in [[New York City]], then serving as the nation's temporary capital, in the summer of 1790.<ref>Ellis, 2000, p. 69</ref>		Politicians at the federal and the state levels sought to break the legislative deadlock by unofficial negotiations. A number of clandestine meetings and political dinners were held in [[New York City]], then serving as the nation's temporary capital, in the summer of 1790.<ref>Ellis, 2000, p. 69</ref>

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	The '''Compromise of 1790''' was a compromise ~~between~~ [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[James Madison]], where Hamilton won the decision for the [[Federal government of the United States\|national government]] to take over and pay the state [[debt]]s, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, called the [[Washington, D.C.\|District of Columbia]], for the [[Southern United States\|South]]. This agreement resolved the deadlock in [[United States Congress\|Congress]]. Southerners had been blocking the assumption of state debts by the [[United States Department of the Treasury\|Department of the Treasury]], thereby destroying the [[Hamiltonian economic program\|Hamiltonian program]] for building a fiscally strong federal government. [[Northeastern United States\|Northerners]] rejected the proposal, much desired by [[Virginia\|Virginians]], to locate the permanent national capital on the Virginia–[[Maryland]] border.		The '''Compromise of 1790''' was a compromise among [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[James Madison]], where Hamilton won the decision for the [[Federal government of the United States\|national government]] to take over and pay the state [[debt]]s, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, called the [[Washington, D.C.\|District of Columbia]], for the [[Southern United States\|South]]. This agreement resolved the deadlock in [[United States Congress\|Congress]]. Southerners had been blocking the assumption of state debts by the [[United States Department of the Treasury\|Department of the Treasury]], thereby destroying the [[Hamiltonian economic program\|Hamiltonian program]] for building a fiscally strong federal government. [[Northeastern United States\|Northerners]] rejected the proposal, much desired by [[Virginia\|Virginians]], to locate the permanent national capital on the Virginia–[[Maryland]] border.

	The meeting, which was organized by [[Thomas Jefferson]], was attended only by [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[James Madison]], and Jefferson, which led to speculation about what was discussed.{{cn\|date=February 2021}}		The meeting, which was organized by [[Thomas Jefferson]], was attended only by [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[James Madison]], and Jefferson, which led to speculation about what was discussed.{{cn\|date=February 2021}}

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	The '''Compromise of 1790''' was a compromise between [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[James Madison]], where Hamilton won the decision for the [[Federal government of the United States\|national government]] to take over and pay the state [[debt]]s, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, ~~the~~ called the [[Washington, D.C.\|District of Columbia]], for the [[Southern United States\|South]]. This agreement resolved the deadlock in [[United States Congress\|Congress]]. Southerners had been blocking the assumption of state debts by the [[United States Department of the Treasury\|Department of the Treasury]], thereby destroying the [[Hamiltonian economic program\|Hamiltonian program]] for building a fiscally strong federal government. [[Northeastern United States\|Northerners]] rejected the proposal, much desired by [[Virginia\|Virginians]], to locate the permanent national capital on the Virginia–[[Maryland]] border.		The '''Compromise of 1790''' was a compromise between [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[James Madison]], where Hamilton won the decision for the [[Federal government of the United States\|national government]] to take over and pay the state [[debt]]s, and Jefferson and Madison obtained the national capital, called the [[Washington, D.C.\|District of Columbia]], for the [[Southern United States\|South]]. This agreement resolved the deadlock in [[United States Congress\|Congress]]. Southerners had been blocking the assumption of state debts by the [[United States Department of the Treasury\|Department of the Treasury]], thereby destroying the [[Hamiltonian economic program\|Hamiltonian program]] for building a fiscally strong federal government. [[Northeastern United States\|Northerners]] rejected the proposal, much desired by [[Virginia\|Virginians]], to locate the permanent national capital on the Virginia–[[Maryland]] border.

	The meeting, which was organized by [[Thomas Jefferson]], was attended only by [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[James Madison]], and Jefferson, which led to speculation about what was discussed.{{cn\|date=February 2021}}		The meeting, which was organized by [[Thomas Jefferson]], was attended only by [[Alexander Hamilton]], [[James Madison]], and Jefferson, which led to speculation about what was discussed.{{cn\|date=February 2021}}