If the revolutionary war never happened, I bet that California would be its own country, perhaps allied with areas now occupied by Western states as far East as the Rockies. California is so distantly West, yet was settled relatively early. The Gold Rush would have offered enough coinage for a substantial national currency.
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"Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq
"violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy
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