2006-07-03 18:20:48 · 10 answers · asked by K-Paxian 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
If you're referring to the British Commonwealth, then that pertains to the rather archaic British alliance of post-colonial nations. Not much more than symbolic these days, though the Queen does seem fond of referring and addressing the "commonwealth" at any given opportunity.
The US is not a part of this social club, as it gained independence a few hundred years ago.
2006-07-03 18:25:07 · answer #1 · answered by buzzfeedbrenny 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A commonwealth is a territory of another country. A commonwealth is independently operated but controlled by another country. Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States so they have the same benefits as citizens on the mainland.
The United States is not part of the British empire because we had a Revolution. The Revolution made us an independent body from our mother country.
It may be of some interest that Canada and Austraila are commeonwealths of Britian!
2006-07-04 01:29:09 · answer #2 · answered by Marilynne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The English noun Commonwealth dates originally from the fifteenth century. The original phrase "common wealth" or "the common weal" comes from the old meaning of 'wealth' which is 'well-being'. The term literally meant "common well-being". Thus commonwealth originally meant a state governed for the common good as opposed to a authoritarian state governed for the benefit of a given class of owners, including even despots.
Today the term is more general and means a political community.
source, wikipedia
Because the US is an independent nation... revolutionary war against british rule of law, constitutional convention in 1787 where the basic laws that govens THIS nation were written.. hello?
and a lot of US history classes.
2006-07-04 01:27:36 · answer #3 · answered by blkrose65 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A little thing I like to call The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War
2006-07-04 01:24:36 · answer #4 · answered by Dee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The commonweath are parts of the Britiish rule. The USA is it's own country, not part of Great Britain, that's why.
2006-07-04 01:24:18 · answer #5 · answered by answer annie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they were never part of the british empire,thank god for that as like everything else the americans get involved in they would probably have wanted to change it,isnt it enough that they bastardize our language ,god help us if they were in the commonwealth.also the empire never started until the reing of queen victoria.she was named the first emperess.
2006-07-04 01:22:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Revolutionary might have something to do with the fact that we aren't on Brittish soil.
2006-07-04 01:29:43 · answer #7 · answered by Saint 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the American Revolution of 1776 has something to do with that.
2006-07-04 01:24:14 · answer #8 · answered by tau.reanb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sorta is if you think about who we are in debt to. But conventional theory is that why we had the revolutionary war.
2006-07-04 01:24:11 · answer #9 · answered by changRdie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you for real . over200years ago we kicked them out of this country . Did you go to school ?
2006-07-04 01:26:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋