Washington, DC was made a federal district so that the seat of national government would not be dependent on any particular US state for its security, but would

Washington, DC was made a federal district so that the seat of national government would not be dependent on any particular US state for its security, but would be able to provide its own security force. This was because the Congress had been beseiged by disgruntled citizens when it met in Philadelphia, and the state of Pennsylvania had refused to intervene. I'm getting this from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.#History