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Tag: Frankland

The Would-Be ‘State of Franklin’ That Never Officially Existed

October 2, 2018October 1, 2018 Gregory Watson

The United States Constitution does, of course, contain guidelines as to how a territory may enter the Union as a full-fledged state on an equal footing with all previously-existing states.  The last time that any new states were added to the United States was in the year 1959 when Alaska…

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