Alternative Names for the United States

(idea) by Valhalla (7.9 y) (print)

Mon Aug 07 2000 at 22:04:29

Shortly after Independence (around 1790), the United States Congress spent time thinking about alternative names for their country.

Among the ones considered were:

Freedonia
Fredonia
United States of Columbia
Appalachia
Alleghania

Source check: found information at http://www.uky.edu/~addesa01/historicfacts.htm, updated by ninjapenguin 2/9/04

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Freedonia	Alleghania	Demonyms of the United States	Appalachia
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A People's History of the United States	Sam Kinison	United States of North America	US Highway Shield
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Confederate States of America	Liberia	mockumentary	Dissociative disorder
Security Treaty between the United States and Japan	Fred	Bank of the United States	Qatar

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