why america does not have union jack in her flag like australia and new zealand ?

Answer 1

The Union Jack was used throughout the British Empire. After the Revolutionary War, the United States were no longer part of this empire. A freed nation would never fly its former government's flag.

Answer 2

Australia and New Zealand have a Union Jack (the national flag of Great Britain) in their own flags because they were once colonized by GB herself... therefore when the flags were designed these were taken into account - in fact, Australia and New Zealand was were Great Britain used to exile their prisoners to... However America's ties with Great Britain were severed early on in the 17-something I think, therefore they were "bound" so much and so does not have the Union Jack to represent them in their flag, but rather a whole new flag to give them their own identity and meaning... for Australia and New Zealand it does pose a greater sense of history, especially since they STILL have links to Britain, what with the Queen still being the monarch to both countries and both countries still being a part of the commonwealth. Hope this helped!!!

Answer 3

The US is not part of the British Commonwealth like Australia and New Zealand are. We are fully independent, though Australia and New Zealand are independent for all practical purposes. For most Commonwealth states, the Queen of England (Elizabeth II) is still technically the head of state. As we are not a member of the Commonwealth, we have no ties to the United Kingdom.

Although, not all Commonwealth states have the Union Jack on their flags. Canada is a good example. And not all Commonwealth states have the Queen as head of state (South Africa and India, for example).

Also, the state of Hawaii does in fact have the Union Jack as part of its flag.

Answer 4

Because we had a violent revolution, and Australia and New Zealand were part of the British Comonwealth and had peaceful severences from GBm(as did jolly ol' Canada, but they did not choose to include the union jack in their flag for whatever reason>)These countries still have ties with the UK, but it is similar to the CIS is to the old soviet countries. They also have british monarchs on their currency, and The Queen sometimes goes over to Canada for special events. Check out Hawai'i's flag, it has a union jack in it.....

Answer 5

The American nation fought to become independent of the British empire, and no longer flies the British flag. The American flag is a proud symbol of American independence.

While Australia and New Zealand remain members of the British commonwealth, and acknowledge that by including the Union flag in the design of their own flag, there is no longer a British empire.

Answer 6

Australia and New Zealand acquired their Independence from Britain peacefully. The US fought a war with Britain and they wanted to show the complete separation from Britain by using a different flag, although the red, white and blue in our flag was borrowed from the Union Jack.

Answer 7

America's break with England was very different from any other country's. Whereas indpendence for countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and Canada (whose flag used to have the Union Jack on it) came about as the result of a slow, mostly legal(that is, by means of the law) evolution from colony to independent nation, the U.S. gained its independence by means of a swift (relatively speaking), violent, and decisive revolution. In fact, America and England were on rather unfriendly terms until after the War of 1812.

The political climate in the 1700s was very different from that of the first half of the 1900s. America gained independence among cries of "no taxation without representation" whereas England gradually released its control over its other colonies in the 20th century. Following their independence, nations such as Australia and New Zealand entered into the British Commonwealth, which serves as a sort of psuedo-British Empire. All the member countries are indeed independent, but a citizen of one country, say England, as all the rights of citizenship of another Commonwealth country such as Australia. Rather than cutting their ties with the English monarchy, many Commonwealth nations still recognize Queen Elizabeth II as their symbollic head of state. If you ever go to Canada or Australia, you will notice that her head appears on one side of the coins there.

This is a rather roundabout, and not too scientific explanation, but the general premise I'm trying to get at here is the difference in circumstances leading up to independence for the respective nations in question. To reiterate, America's revolution was that of a colony breaking away from its motherland, whereas the evolution of independence in Australia was a gradual transfer of power from crown to colony.

Answer 8

The first flag did have the union jack although it was an unofficial flag. Like most things in our history a group of great men made decisions based on their feeling. Sometimes that makes it hard to say why things are the way they are.

Answer 9

After America won her war with the British, she never became part of the commonwealth. In fact, not only did she become a republic in 1789, but she took over the scepter of the Unicorn. Prophetically, she was the last horn to emerge from the Greco/Roman conglomeration, as envisioned by prophet Daniel in the "ten toes of iron and clay of the war beast." By the way,
we are awaiting the fulfillment of Daniel 7:17/18.
The "learned" of America's founding fathers would never submit and covenant to any nation that has a "woman ruling over her."
For illumination on such matters, read: The Golden Fleece Found by Basil Hill at www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1412043190.
Boaz

Answer 10

Australia and New Zealand are part of the Commonwealth of the United Kingdom.

The United States won its freedom from Great Britain in 1783 (Treaty of Ghent).