From: Michael S. Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Thu Dec 21 2000 - 09:02:20 MST
"Ross A. Finlayson" wrote:
>
> Some states were already states when they joined the federal union. As far as I know, no state has
> ever seceeded from the United States of America, but is has only been a few hundred years. The U.S.A.
> is indirectly named after Amerigo Vespucci, an explorer.
Actually, half of Coos County, NH was an independent nation called the
Indian Stream Republic in the early 1800's because both the US and
Britain claimed the territory and could not agree on things, and the
residents were sick of being forced to pay taxes to both country. They
told both countries to get out until they figured out who really owned
that land.
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