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WDCT 10-14 January 2011 (1836-1840)
Wraith11B:
I would argue that we simply refer to it as "the US" instead of singling out the one specific example because if you did, people would wonder if you're saying that the country of Georgia was once a penal colony of the British Empire.
Also, if you really think about it, the American Colonies were a great way to offload some serious overpopulation as well as political undesirables like those damn Puritans. As Robin Williams once said, "People so uptight, the English kicked them out. Take your pimp shoes and go!" So, it's really all the same. What a great way to start a great country.
AnAverageWriter:
--- Quote from: Wraith11B on 19 Jan 2011, 17:17 ---I would argue that we simply refer to it as "the US" instead of singling out the one specific example
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Maybe you do, but there is no "we" involved. Your error is one not shared by others here.
Wraith11B:
Thank you for insulting my mental faculties. Sure, I guess living overseas, traveling all over the world, and all of that just makes me another ignorant American. Great. I will initiate consuming bad domestic beer, insulting everyone here for not living "in the real world" and promoting the US over all comers.
Border Reiver:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 19 Jan 2011, 16:44 ---Truth is, if the USA hadn't started things in 1776, India, Australia, Canada and several other ports of call would still be British "Colonies" and not "Commonwealths".
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Canada started it all with fully representative government around 1791 for Lower Canada and Upper Canada (Nova Scotia had it earlier in 1758). Britain's role was to deal with foreign policy - domestic policy was firmly in local hands - same as in the 13 colonies prior to that tiff over trade tarriffs and not nicking the First Nations lands. Canada's unification occurred primarily becasue of that little spat down in the US from 1861-65.
And we were a Dominion - not a Commonwealth.
pwhodges:
I think most people here know the score, and the discussion is heading towards terminological nitpicking, politics and heatedness - so I think we'll stop now.
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