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re: Does your home state count as one of the original 13 colonies?
Posted on 3/24/21 at 9:24 am to UndercoverBryologist
Posted on 3/24/21 at 9:24 am to UndercoverBryologist
No, but one time it was the largest. Does size count?
Posted on 3/24/21 at 9:35 am to Animal
What is better is how the land was removed from Georgia. The gov was an idiot.
Posted on 3/24/21 at 9:40 am to Gorilla Ball
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No, but one time it was the largest. Does size count?
Wasn’t there a thread about this yesterday?
Posted on 3/24/21 at 10:27 am to UndercoverBryologist
Grew up in LA but have and currently live in the OG states for half my life
Posted on 3/24/21 at 10:33 am to UndercoverBryologist
Livingston, Tangipahoa, Slidell, etc. still showing off their Florida man roots.
Posted on 3/24/21 at 10:35 am to Epaminondas
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Not a whole state but Louisiana's "Florida Parishes" were the short-lived Republic of West Florida in 1810.
Actually, as far as the Louisiana Purchase is concerned, Arkansas, Kansas, and Montana have more of a claim to the Purchase than the state of Louisiana. Much of eastern AND western Louisiana were not included in the purchase.
This post was edited on 3/24/21 at 10:37 am
Posted on 3/24/21 at 11:55 am to UndercoverBryologist
quote:There was a dispute between Spain and the US as to the western border of the LA Purchase. Spain claimed to the Calcasieu River and the US claimed to the Sabine River. For a while, both nations agreed to not exercise jurisdiction so as to avoid war. This area has been referred to as the Neutral Ground or informally as the "Sabine Free State."
Much of eastern AND western Louisiana were not included in the purchase.
Later, by treaty, it was established that the US had up to the present day border of LA. So, it's not clear whether the LA Purchase originally included the western portion but that's what the US eventually ended up with.
(The map shows this disputed area much larger than it was.)
quote:As far as what states have a "claim" to the LA Purchase, the whole point was to acquire New Orleans and thus secure access to the Gulf of Mexico via the Miss. River. The US nearly went to war when the "right of deposit" of goods in New Orleans was revoked.
Arkansas, Kansas, and Montana have more of a claim to the Purchase than the state of Louisiana.
Posted on 3/24/21 at 10:37 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Friggin Connecticut just being a dick to everybody. Claiming Cleveland and apparently refusing to respect Pennsylvania's right to exist.
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Posted on 3/24/21 at 11:02 pm to UndercoverBryologist
The state where I have lived for 15+ years is one of the original colonies. That's emphasized in my kid's grammar school history units with songs and living history days and things like that.
My "home state" will always be Louisiana.
My "home state" will always be Louisiana.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 12:10 am to UndercoverBryologist
Are you talking about the first Americans colonies, or the new ones from the country that's about to be formed?
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