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The Ace1983 wrote:And then all the Native Americans could go back to being supressed by Europeans again! Surely they should have first dibs?

Bamaga man wrote:Well what about the 'social Black' communities of modern day America ?

just think how good our olympic team will be



     

The Ace1983 wrote:I hate to break it to you, but Great Britain and the commonwealth (British Empire as was) can only hold a claim to sovereignty over the original 13 colonies which are now the (not 13) states of Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Georgia, Rhode Island, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Vermont, Maine, New Jersey, Delaware, Florida and New Hampshire (I think that's it). This is essentially the eastern seaboard and NOT all of what is now the United States. If we are taking it back to the days in which we controlled the country, which we must in order to claim dominion, the rest of America would belong to... THE FRENCH AND THE SPANISH! Louisiana (not the state) was the land behind the 13 British colonies and it extended to Montana in the north and the New Mexico in the south and was owned by the French (The rest was Spanish). It only became part of what would become the USA after the Louisiana Purchase (explored famously by Lewis and Clarke) which took place in 1803. We had been kicked out by 1783.

So as tempting as it sounds to take back what we once had, we couldn't take all of it and the French would have most of the rest. Sorry. But I like the idea of Indecisive day. Or do I?

We'll fight the f*ckers for it.

Give Spain New Mexico, and then threaten the Frogs with invasion.

They'll sh*t their overly-tight trousers.

Lando_Griffin wrote:

The Ace1983 wrote:I hate to break it to you, but Great Britain and the commonwealth (British Empire as was) can only hold a claim to sovereignty over the original 13 colonies which are now the (not 13) states of Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Georgia, Rhode Island, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Vermont, Maine, New Jersey, Delaware, Florida and New Hampshire (I think that's it). This is essentially the eastern seaboard and NOT all of what is now the United States. If we are taking it back to the days in which we controlled the country, which we must in order to claim dominion, the rest of America would belong to... THE FRENCH AND THE SPANISH! Louisiana (not the state) was the land behind the 13 British colonies and it extended to Montana in the north and the New Mexico in the south and was owned by the French (The rest was Spanish). It only became part of what would become the USA after the Louisiana Purchase (explored famously by Lewis and Clarke) which took place in 1803. We had been kicked out by 1783.

So as tempting as it sounds to take back what we once had, we couldn't take all of it and the French would have most of the rest. Sorry. But I like the idea of Indecisive day. Or do I?

We'll fight the f*ckers for it.

Give Spain New Mexico, and then threaten the Frogs with invasion.

They'll sh*t their overly-tight trousers.

PMSL.   

That's the attitude that built an Empire and them some, Lando. Brilliant. Where do I sign up?