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To: Non-Sequitur
Which is different from the US being created by King George how?

Because King George was the legitimate authority over the states prior to independence. It was the American states that demanded independence from King George and subsequently won it by warring against him. The treaty of Paris, in turn, recognizes a negotiated peace with thirteen independent states.

Now you insisted that they won independence as a country and then point to a series of events in which the states acted in unison. I have asked a simple question, which act made them a country and not a collection of states? Did they know?

In response you've skirted the issue to the point where none of acts taken on the part of the states mattered, but the acts of Spain and France.

1,287 posted on 04/13/2006 7:04:45 PM PDT by Gianni
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To: Gianni
Because King George was the legitimate authority over the states prior to independence. It was the American states that demanded independence from King George and subsequently won it by warring against him. The treaty of Paris, in turn, recognizes a negotiated peace with thirteen independent states.

Then we're back to logical outcome of this odd train of thought. Since the federal government had legitimate authority over the southern states then there was no way they could become a sovereign nation until Lincoln said so. How lame is that?

1,289 posted on 04/14/2006 4:25:38 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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