Independent Republics Now a Part of the U.S.
I can think of four:
Vermont
West Florida
Texas
California
Were there any others?
Vermont
West Florida
Texas
California
Were there any others?
Libertarians, My Libertarians!
Cruel to be kind means that I love you . Because, while I think you are mistaken, your hearts are in the right place -- yes, even you, Silas -- unlike some people . This Breitbart fellow (discussed in the link above), by all appearances, deliberately doctored a video of Shirley Sherrod to make her remarks appear virulently racist, when they had, in fact, the opposite import. I heard that at a recent Austrian conference, some folks were talking about "Callahan's conservative turn." While that description is not entirely inaccurate, I must say that a lot of these people who today call themselves conservative give me the heebie-jeebies.
Hawaii?
ReplyDeleteYes, a kingdom, however.
DeleteHawaii was a republic between 1893 and 1898 (when they were finally annexed by the U.S.)
DeleteOh, yeah, it WAS the same pattern, wasn't it, of all of the above except for Vermont: ex-pats overthrow the government, declare a republic, and then join the US.
DeleteYeah, the main difference seems to have been how long it took before the U.S. agreed to have them.
DeleteThe rest of the 13 colonies?
ReplyDeleteYou mean under the Articles?
DeleteThat's what I'm thinking. And if self-declared sovereignty is the bar, then some of Confederate states ...
DeleteYes, borderline cases. I was thinking more of "Were there any fully independent republics like Texas of which I'm not aware." I realize a good case can be made for your contention, but that wasn't really what I was after.
DeleteIroquois Confederation?
ReplyDeleteMaybe -- don't know enough about it to say if it was a republic.
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