Do you mean that all those republics were independent at one point?
A bit like the different Boer republics in South Africa in the 19th
century (not only Transvaal and the Orange Free State I mean)?
Peter S.
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., orc@o... wrote:
> not to beat a very slow horse
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> but i am seriously wondering what i might have meant by etc
herebelow
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> besides the mentioned republics of california & dixie
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> probably the indian stream republic
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> since that seems to have been fairly sustantially real
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> from 1829 to 1835
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> probably not the conch republic
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> but i could easily be way wrong about this
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> certainly not the abortive near reunion state of nickajack
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> circa 1861
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> an earlier but failed sort of west virginia in the greater algatn
area
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> but are there any others perhaps
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> so historically real or so close
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> m
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> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "m donner" <maxivan82@h...> wrote:
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> > anton
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> > this former power has actually already been discharged in the
erection of
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> > new mexico oklahoma kansas colorado & wyoming into states out of
parts of
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> > the republic of texas
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> >
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> > the power probably no longer inheres
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> > per bus&ss
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> >
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> > so texas is not fundamentally different peter
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> > other than in the 2 ways i mentioned previously
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> >
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> > also brendan
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> > lets not write off the confederacy
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> > nor the republic of california
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> > etc
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> > which were independent
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> >
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> > m
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> >
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> > >From: anton_zeilinger@h...
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> > >Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@y...
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> > >To: BoundaryPoint@y...
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> > >Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: US counties, unincorprated
territories
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> > >Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 16:19:17 -0000
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> > >
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> > >Hi,
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> > >
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> > >also, Texas is the only state in the U.S. which has the power to
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> > >split into not more than four smaller chunks "of convenient size"
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> > >which would have to be admitted to the Union as separate states,
see:
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> > >
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> > >http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/annexation/index.html
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> > >
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> > >text of the resolution:
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> > >
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> > >http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/annexation/march1845.html
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> > >
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> > >Anton Z.
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> > >
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> > >PS: Brendan, though it's not in the continental U.S., wasn't
Hawaii
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> > >an independent kingdom or something like that?
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., PitHokie <pithokie@y...> wrote:
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> > > > Peter et. al,
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> > > >
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> > > > Texas is unique in that it's the only part of the
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> > > > continental United States that was ever been
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> > > > independently governed as its own country.
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> > > > It's also been under more official rulers than any
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> > > > other part of the continental U.S. If you travel to
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> > > > the Capitol in Austin, you will find in the rotunda a
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> > > > seal of all the countries Texas has been ruled by:
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> > > > Spain, France, Mexico, Texas, and the United States.
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> > > > Texas was independent from April, 1836 until the U.S.
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> > > > annexed it in 1845.
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> > > >
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> > > > Brendan
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> > > >
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> > > > --- Peter Smaardijk <smaardijk@y...> wrote:
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> > > > > --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., PitHokie <pithokie@y...>
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> > > > > wrote:
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> > > > > > The difference is in name only. Governmentally,
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> > > > > there
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> > > > > > is no difference between a state and a
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> > > > > commonwealth.
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> > > > >
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> > > > > I know that in Germany, two "Laender" have the
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> > > > > official designation
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> > > > > of "Freistaat": Bavaria and Saxony. I don't know
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> > > > > whether this has any
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> > > > > implications. Does someone know?
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> > > > >
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> > > > > And I remember vaguely that the position of Texas is
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> > > > > fundamentally
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> > > > > different from all other states in the US (because
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> > > > > it used to be an
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> > > > > independent republic). Can someone say something
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> > > > > about that?
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> > > > >
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> > > > > What about the difference between territories in
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> > > > > countries like
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> > > > > Canada, Australia, and Russia (=krai) and the
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> > > > > regular subdivisions?
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> > > > > Why is it like this and what are the practical
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> > > > > implications?
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> > > > >
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> > > > > Peter S.
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> > > > >
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> > > > >
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> > > >
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> > > >
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