Besides Vermont, Texas, and Hawaii, which states were sovereign countries before joining the US?

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Am curious to know if other states were their own countries prior to being a state. This does not mean it belonged to another nation at one time, but in fact was it's own country in its entirety.

Answer 1

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Vermont was never its own country. Where did you ever get that one??

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Answer 2

Vermont 1777-1791 was such. Texas and Hawaii are also correct.

No others: New Mexico, Arizona and California were part of Mexico. Utah thought about doing such. Alaska was a territory of Imperial Russia.

However: all 13 Colonies were in fact independent sovereign states. Several that did not ratify the Constitution: Rhode Island and North Carolina.

Several states also made treaties with such as France, England addressed each state as a separate "nation".

Source(s): Catechism of the Constitution of the United States: 1858 Cruger

Answer 3

Key West seceeded and became the Conch Republic-no one cared though.

Hawii and Texas are the only ones I know of, most were colonies or territories.

Answer 4

California was a republic for a week.

Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California