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Arguably they only need to clear the Atchafalaya outlet of the Mississippi. So would be the case with anyone on the west side of the Mississippi who didn't control New Orleans. There is though the expense of doing so and building a whole new town largely from scratch out of swamp and forest...

This: " This Loyalist resettlement was critical to the development of present-day Ontario, and some 10,000 refugees went to Quebec (including the Eastern Townships and modern-day Ontario). " "An unknown but substantial number of individuals did not stay; they eventually returned to the United...

All is forgiven.... I'm sure it was just a typo.

Jeanne please, not Jean.

What he said! They are not just going to go away forever. They will be constant thorn in Carlos side? Hopefully his sons are more pragmatic regarding at least some compromise!

Your welcome :-)

This is a nonsensical arguement. The HBC was the principle supplier of goods for the RAC. Their increasinfg dependence of the RAC led them to believe that the company and its assets would in time by and large would be acquired by them. Hence the gentlemen's agreement between the two not to...

Probably more like NYC and say Boston or Philly.

Your assuming of course that Britain hasn't annexed Alaska during the Crimean war. Argueably they now have more reason to do so instead of waiting for low hanging fruit to fall into their lap.

Zero. Hawai'i is too distant. And all of these possessions had their own unique tribal or clan structures.

and whenAnne dies? Everything hits the fan.

Personally,. I don't see why an independent Kdm. Of Hawai'i with Pearl eventually having the same status as Guantanamo, Subic Bay or Limassol could not exist in the aftermath of a failed coup.

OTE="Indicus, post: 17305471, member: 81534"]By definition, British protectorates are not independent. Uhg...NO, they are, in all matters that govern their internal affairs, though their protector probably has an inordinate amount of influence. Externally they will even exercise a degree of...

Animosity works both ways.

That "might" explain a revolt. Theytare probably in some kind of passive resistance already.That hardly means that they are likely to throw their lot in with the colonies. Please remember that it was the American allies that were most opposed to the extent of the lands granted them. That...