"There were even a great many break away compounds and towns formed by specific religions, ideologies, philosophies, even industries."
There was a break away state that many people do not know about. It broke away from NC and was going to join the Union as the 14th state. From the wiki: The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland) was an unrecognized, autonomous"territory" located in what is today eastern Tennessee. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of theAppalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession to Congress to help pay off debts related to theAmerican War for Independence. It was founded with the intent of becoming the fourteenth state of the new United States. Franklin's first capital was Jonesborough. After the summer of 1785, the government of Franklin (which was by then based inGreeneville), ruled as a "parallel government" running alongside (but not harmoniously with) a re-established North Carolina bureaucracy. Franklin was never admitted into the union. The extra-legal state existed for only about four and a half years, ostensibly as a republic, after which North Carolina re-assumed full control of the area. The creation of Franklin is novel, in that it resulted from both a cession (an offering from North Carolina to Congress) and asecession (seceding from North Carolina, when its offer to Congress was not acted upon, and the original cession wasrescinded). Franklin was two votes shy of becoming the fourteenth state when it received only 7 votes from the original 13. "I am a republican in the truest sense of the word. " I am a liberal in the truest sense of the word. Unfortunately, the word has been distorted so that its perceived meaning is completely opposite of its true meaning. I believe a true democratic republic is the fairest type of government. Unfortunately, the US is currently not have a true democratic republic. J - Mrs. Powel:"Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" Benjamin Franklin: "A republic, if you can keep it." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360013 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
