New York had landowners claiming lordship titles with holdings well in excess of 100,000 acres. The reason Vermont exists is literally because New York wannabe aristocrats tried to assert ownership over territory that already had yeoman farmers from New Hampshire living on it.
Nova Scotia because I wouldn't have been a dirty turncoat. My ancestors were loyalist and some resettled in Ontario (and ironically came back to America decades later).
12 years after your image, Congress will pass the Northwest Ordinance, opening up the vast Northwest Territory. When that happens, New Yorker's will flood into the new territories; grabbing up land and power long before the other colonies knew what was happening.
Pro Tip: > in 1816, a man named Edward Tiffin will claim that the entire state of Michigan is swamp land. When that happens, land will sell for pennies; at least until new surveyors show up and discover that it's the best farm land in the west
Surprised there aren't more Pennsylvania answers. Plus it had the de-facto capital of the colonies, Philadelphia, where you could go if you wanted any semblance of culture.
a bunch of places throught the colonies had the title of "de facto capital" because the Founding Fathers met at various Taverns all over the colonies thoughout the Revolutionary War. Connecticuit, Pennsylvania, New York, were all de facto capitals at one point.
I would pick either Pennsylvania or Delaware. I'd like to own some farm land and raise cattle in the former, and just be a fisherman on the latter. Have you heard the tale of all those fish the New World had? It would've been amazing.
Ho - all to the borders, Vermonters, come down,
With your britches of deerskin and jackets of brown.
With your red woolen caps and your moccasins come,
To the gathering summons of trumpet and drum!
Come down with your rifle; let gray wolf and fox
Howl on in the shadow of primitive rocks.
Let bear feed securely from pig-pen and stall,
Here's two-legged game for your powder and ball!
And cheer, cheer, the Green Mountaineer!
And cheer, cheer, the Green Mountaineer!
On the South came the Hessians, our land to police,
And armed for the battle, while canting for peace.
On our East came the British, the red-coated band,
To hang up our leaders and eat up our land!
Ho - all to the rescue, for Satan shall work,
No gain for the legions of Hampshire and York.
They claim our possession, the pitiful knaves,
The tribute we pay shall be prisons and graves!
And cheer, cheer, the Green Mountaineer!
And cheer, cheer, the Green Mountaineer!
We owe no allegiance, we bow to no throne,
Our ruler is law, and the law is our own.
Our leaders themselves are our own fellow men,
Who can handle the sword, and the scythe, and the pen!
Hurrah for Vermont! For the land that we till
Must have sons to defend her, from valley and hill.
Our vow is recorded, our banner unfurled,
In the name of Vermont, we defy all the world!
And cheer, cheer, the Green Mountaineer!
And cheer, cheer, the Green Mountaineer!
> Vermont
While doing historical research on mid-1800's Michigan, I had occasion to read the book (see image). Very interesting story, revolving around the so-called "black snake incident" The short version... > Vermont, out in the middle of nowhere > the waterways flow north, creating trade route with Canada > American roads (at the time) did not connect with most of Vermont > President Jefferson, in continued beef with UK over impressment, creates embargo against exports to UK or Canada > Now most of state has to choose between starving or breaking the law > Vast corruption created (similar to prohibition), with everyone involved > comes to a head when smugglers, on 10 acre rafts, start open firing on army
New York
>No naggers and aristocratic LARPers
>No religious radicals
>Just making money and fucking bitches
PA.
>larp
They were literally aristocrats
New York had landowners claiming lordship titles with holdings well in excess of 100,000 acres. The reason Vermont exists is literally because New York wannabe aristocrats tried to assert ownership over territory that already had yeoman farmers from New Hampshire living on it.
Connecticut, because thats the colony my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather settled in back in the 1650s
>connecticut
>1650s
one of my ancestors was sent there as an indentured servant after getting captured by cromwell
Nova Scotia because I wouldn't have been a dirty turncoat. My ancestors were loyalist and some resettled in Ontario (and ironically came back to America decades later).
>and ironically came back to America decades later
Sorry homosexual, the damage has already been done, you are the eternal leaf.
Ontario is a shithole. Canadian Detroit geographically with tons of Pajeets.
So its not that he was loyal he was just a pussy
Rhode Island
Don't want to leave New England but I couldn't pretend to be an actual religious Puritan, need religious freedom tbh
New York.
12 years after your image, Congress will pass the Northwest Ordinance, opening up the vast Northwest Territory. When that happens, New Yorker's will flood into the new territories; grabbing up land and power long before the other colonies knew what was happening.
Pro Tip:
> in 1816, a man named Edward Tiffin will claim that the entire state of Michigan is swamp land. When that happens, land will sell for pennies; at least until new surveyors show up and discover that it's the best farm land in the west
Pennsylvania
Relatively temperate climate, beautiful landscapes, and no.. um, slaves
Surprised there aren't more Pennsylvania answers. Plus it had the de-facto capital of the colonies, Philadelphia, where you could go if you wanted any semblance of culture.
a bunch of places throught the colonies had the title of "de facto capital" because the Founding Fathers met at various Taverns all over the colonies thoughout the Revolutionary War. Connecticuit, Pennsylvania, New York, were all de facto capitals at one point.
For cities, Boston, Philadelphia and New York City only have the true claims to that title.
Why do you like like ummm.. a homosexual?
Illinois. Settlers already lived here in the mid-1700s.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dearborn
That's not one of the Thirteen Colonies, anon.
Rhode Island
south carolina because that's where my Huguenot ancestors went
Coastal middle colonies are the place to be.
New Netherland, so I can be surrounded by people instead of the *nglish
Tennessee
retard
You can't stop me from going over them mountains and making settlments.
The Indians will
he would be another in a long list of settlers who the indians couldnt stop
Go back to Europe because I don't belong on stolen land
Virginia is objectively the best state in the early United States
elab
Maine because I'm an autistic, innawoods shut-in but hate Apple-aychia.
Georgia, amass a massive slave plantation to field wealth, build up a navy and army of privateers and go to war against the Ottomans
>t. Albanian
I would pick either Pennsylvania or Delaware. I'd like to own some farm land and raise cattle in the former, and just be a fisherman on the latter. Have you heard the tale of all those fish the New World had? It would've been amazing.
Massachussetts, maybe I could stop them becoming Unitarians (and it seemed like a nice place, like the most devoutly Christian of all the colonies)
Ho - all to the borders, Vermonters, come down,
With your britches of deerskin and jackets of brown.
With your red woolen caps and your moccasins come,
To the gathering summons of trumpet and drum!
Come down with your rifle; let gray wolf and fox
Howl on in the shadow of primitive rocks.
Let bear feed securely from pig-pen and stall,
Here's two-legged game for your powder and ball!
And cheer, cheer, the Green Mountaineer!
And cheer, cheer, the Green Mountaineer!
On the South came the Hessians, our land to police,
And armed for the battle, while canting for peace.
On our East came the British, the red-coated band,
To hang up our leaders and eat up our land!
Ho - all to the rescue, for Satan shall work,
No gain for the legions of Hampshire and York.
They claim our possession, the pitiful knaves,
The tribute we pay shall be prisons and graves!
And cheer, cheer, the Green Mountaineer!
And cheer, cheer, the Green Mountaineer!
We owe no allegiance, we bow to no throne,
Our ruler is law, and the law is our own.
Our leaders themselves are our own fellow men,
Who can handle the sword, and the scythe, and the pen!
Hurrah for Vermont! For the land that we till
Must have sons to defend her, from valley and hill.
Our vow is recorded, our banner unfurled,
In the name of Vermont, we defy all the world!
And cheer, cheer, the Green Mountaineer!
And cheer, cheer, the Green Mountaineer!
> Vermont
While doing historical research on mid-1800's Michigan, I had occasion to read the book (see image). Very interesting story, revolving around the so-called "black snake incident" The short version...
> Vermont, out in the middle of nowhere
> the waterways flow north, creating trade route with Canada
> American roads (at the time) did not connect with most of Vermont
> President Jefferson, in continued beef with UK over impressment, creates embargo against exports to UK or Canada
> Now most of state has to choose between starving or breaking the law
> Vast corruption created (similar to prohibition), with everyone involved
> comes to a head when smugglers, on 10 acre rafts, start open firing on army
Southern Georgia