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Old 02-04-2004, 03:31 AM   #28
Yorick
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Join Date: January 7, 2001
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So who created Montana or Nevada, and why are they deemed "States"? Why were the Carolinas and Dakotas made seperate states?

In short, what body, what entity created these states? Did they originate organically, with self determination, like say France or Holland or other such states of the "United States of Europe" (as some want it named) or were they infact created by the federal government.

If when the British government was removed, was there in fact a central leadership you would call a federal government of any sort? If so, did this create the states, and if so wouldn't the states owe their existence to the collective and greater body?

Additionally by what right were these states created if they were replacing Amerindian nations? Did Amerindians have a voice in their creation, and can they secede from anything?
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