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> The US started as 13 colonies with quite different cultures and economies, and barely even the same language. It was not at all clear they would ever unite as
by brightsize 10y ago
> The US started as 13 colonies with quite different cultures and economies, and barely even the same language. It was not at all clear they would ever unite as one country,
Indeed, I was born and raised on the territory of the former Vermont Republic, which didn't join the Union until 1791. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Republic