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Re:EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff by gozur88 on Thursday January 26, 2017 @03:13AM (#13489628)
>All the states admitted to the union with one notable exception were territories controlled by the United States, and all were dominated by American citizens. These populations had nowhere else to go. Do you honestly think that Idaho was going to join Canada, or strike out on its own? Of course not.

They could have created a different union, or struck out on their own. The idea they had no other options is, well, ahistorical.

>There was no United States or national identity at the time. At best, it was like claiming to be a citizen of the European Union today.

Which bolsters whose point, yours or mine?

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Re:EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff by gozur88 on Thursday January 26, 2017 @06:08AM (#13490411)
What US government? Prior to the constitution there was only the articles of confederation. There was no US.

What happened as new states got added was irrelevant - the constitution already existed by then. It was the smaller states of the original thirteen that had to be convinced, not territories. And yes, they had a number of options, and that's why the more populous states acceded to a bicameral legislature and the electoral college.

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