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They were colonies that became States, not colonies that became individual nations that later became states.

Bouvier Law Dictionary, Rev. 6th ed. (1856): 'NATIONS. Nations or states are independent bodies politic; societies of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage by the joint efforts of their combined strength.'

I win, you lose, so long, farewell, goodbye.

No colony was considered an independent nation and thus, no state can leave the union and become a non-state, which is what it would be if it left the Union.

Name a clause of the Constitution PROHIBITING secession. I win, you lose, so long, farewell, goodbye.

Even in the Confederacy, they were considered states not individual nations.

See above, 'Nations or states are independent bodies.' I win, you lose, so long, farewell, goodbye.

And the Confederacy is in violation of making compacts with other states

Wrong. They seceded, which is NOT prohibited. I win, you lose, so long, farewell, goodbye.

Hey, at least it's Friday.

Bouvier Law Dictionary, Rev. 6th ed. (1856): 'NATIONS. Nations or states are independent bodies politic; societies of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage by the joint efforts of their combined strength.'

Since no State ever functioned as a Nation, the colonies were States not Natons.

The word can be as used as synonyms but can also differ, if function

is considered.

So unless you go show me when any of the 13 colonies functioned as a nation, having its own foreign policy, for example, they are states as in their function in relatonship to one another.

Still more word games.

By the way, the American College Dictionary has for State,along with the national definition,

any of the commonwealths or bodies politic, each more or less independent as regards internal affairs, which together make up a federal union, as in the United States of America or the Commonwealth of Australia.