Small point, but the USA is *one* country. Not remotely the same as a federation of different nation states.https://twitter.com/hmatthews92/status/709295496091836417 …
@TheOtherMarx @hmatthews92 last mainland state joined in 1912. Only Hawaii and Alaska joined 1959. Hardly comparable to EU.
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@JuliaHB1@hmatthews92 Thanks for the research and confirmation. I appreciate it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JuliaHB1@TheOtherMarx@hmatthews92 Outside of Texas and Hawaii, I don't think any state ever operated independently of the US Republic...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JuliaHB1@TheOtherMarx@hmatthews92 They were all colonies of European powers to begin with. Then they became US territories and... -
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@JuliaHB1 Texas never colony. Mexican independence from Spain in 1821. Texas Republic declared by white settlers in 1836. State-1846 -
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@JuliaHB1 Yes it was, but that was long before there was a Texas.
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@JuliaHB1@TheOtherMarx@hmatthews92 ..then followed statehood. Other than Hawaii & Alaska, each state was settled by migrants from the US.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@JuliaHB1@TheOtherMarx@hmatthews92 So interestingly enough, we don't have a history of being a collection of nation states.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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