ryan asks, "did this seem like a good idea?"
the Articles of Confederation, ratified by the newly named "United States of America" in March 1781, includes the following passage:
Article XI. Canada acceding to this confederation, and adjoining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union; but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine States.
now maybe this seemed like a great idea at the time, but i think we've wised up in the past couple of hundred years. or maybe Canada was smart enough to realize that the USA is already too big and crazy and that they would just make things more confusing.
but my main beef with such a proposal is this: where else would eighteen-year-old kids in the northern border states go to drink?
Article XI. Canada acceding to this confederation, and adjoining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union; but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine States.
now maybe this seemed like a great idea at the time, but i think we've wised up in the past couple of hundred years. or maybe Canada was smart enough to realize that the USA is already too big and crazy and that they would just make things more confusing.
but my main beef with such a proposal is this: where else would eighteen-year-old kids in the northern border states go to drink?
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