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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated

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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (159076)2/25/2006 9:12:47 PM
From: ManyMoose  Read Replies (1) of 794009
 
Why, because we had a revolution and you didn't? We are a little cranky because we had to fight for independence.

They also agree to send a copy of this Declaration to His Majesty the King of England to thank him for his acknowledgement of their flag. In return for the friendship and protection that they have shown and are prepared to show to such of his subjects as have settled in their country or resorted to its shores for the purposes of trade, they entreat that he will continue to be the parent of their infant State, to protect it from all attempts upon its independence.
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New Zealand is an independent Commonwealth country formed after the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840. Although the Treaty of Waitangi is recognised as the founding document of New Zealand, it only became fully independent in 1947 after forty-six years of partial independence. open-site.org

That's pretty much how the British Empire saw it too. But the USA seemed to dislike being part of "being civilized".


PS How's your Monterey pine clone coming?
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