Trivia: Which of these cities has NOT served as the U.S. capital?
Washington, D.C.
Boston
New York City
Philadelphia
The correct answer is Boston
So why is this answer correct? : New York City served as the U.S. capital from 1785 until 1790, when legislation established national land near the Potomac River that would eventually become Washington, D.C. The first Congress, which began in 1789, met at Federal Hall on Wall Street in lower Manhattan. Philadelphia served as the interim capital between 1790 and 1800, when the seat of Congress moved to Washington.