06-13-2006, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Webby
Is that right? You amaze me sometimes 
True.. Canada IS called Canada - someone thought of that.
There is nothing wrong with calling the US - the "United States" either, because that's what it is. If you wish to name youself something else like any other country - feel free to do so. "America" is already taken - that's a continent. |
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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
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http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/us.html
Now  asswipe. |
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