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paleotn

(22,501 posts)
5. Can we join too!!
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 11:36 PM
Jan 2026

Vermont came close to rejoining the UK over the territorial fight with NY. Had the timing been different, Yorktown surrender and NY hadn't agreed to compromise, we might have ended up as Canada's strange little appendage. Lots of Quebec ties as it is, particularly in the NEK and the Champlain Valley. And there was that whole thumbing their nose at Jefferson and continuing to trade illicitly with British Canada. Smuggler's Notch isn't called that because it's a cutsie name for the tourist trade.

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Great: Can I move there? Chasstev365 Jan 2026 #1
There will be mass migration to MN. Irish_Dem Jan 2026 #2
Heh Lars39 Jan 2026 #3
Oh, sure....That would be an open invitation for TSF to attack Canada.... Sogo Jan 2026 #4
Fair trade. The Fascist States of Amurka get Alberta. paleotn Jan 2026 #6
Can we join too!! paleotn Jan 2026 #5
The Civil War settled that question. DavidDvorkin Jan 2026 #7
It's illegal to succeed Polybius Jan 2026 #10
Both secessions resulted in long, bloody wars DavidDvorkin Jan 2026 #11
No Polybius Jan 2026 #12
In part. carpetbagger Jan 2026 #14
But first I have to move to Minneapolis Dave says Jan 2026 #8
Preceded or followed by Washington, Oregon, and California. Ping Tung Jan 2026 #9
Think the Vikings can adapt to CFL rules? NotASurfer Jan 2026 #13
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