(idea) by Valhalla 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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