After a fierce debate in Congress, in November of 1939, a final Neutrality Act<span>passed. This </span>Act<span> lifted the arms embargo and put all trade with belligerent nations under the terms of “cash-and-carry.” The ban on loans remained in effect, and</span>American<span> ships were barred from transporting goods to belligerent ports.</span>
The Olive Branch Petition was a message that was sent to King George III sent by the Second Continental Congress to assure the king of their loyalty to him and to Great Britain but made it clear that their rights as Americans shall be free.
<span>White settlers came to the Seattle area in 1851, establishing a townsite they first called New York, and then, adding a word from the Chinook jargon meaning "by-and-by," New York-Alki. They soon moved a short distance across Elliott Bay to what is now the historic Pioneer Square district, where a protected deep-water harbor was available. This village was soon named Seattle, honoring a Duwamish Indian leader named Sealth who had befriended the settlers.</span>
