Texas is the only State that is able to or capable of succeed from the
Union, I believe they where the only State to not actually sign the decree
when all the States joined. At least, this is what I read many years ago,
whether a change occurred at a later date, I don't know. Can any historians
add or confirm, deny?
Sam...
> So which is bigger, Alaska or Texas? When was Texas a country? Actually,
all
> the states seem to act like litle countries to me. Definitely the United
> States. Different to Australia. The states seem to matter more over there.
>
> Foxy
>
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> > Tom Scales wrote:
> > >
> > > Actually, it is 1.57 times larger than Texas .. Ontario = 413,000
square
> > > miles. Texas = 261,914 square miles
> > >
> > > The real difference between Texas and the other 49 less important
states
> is
> > > that Texas use to be a country and still, in many ways, acts like it.
> > >
> > > Tom
> >
> > You forget about Hawaii. It was a genuine kingdom and then a republic
> > before becoming a US territory and then a state. Louisiana, at one
> > time, was declared a republic.
> >
> > Ontario? Well it is big, but Alaska is bigger still and just as cold.
>
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