2006-09-16 03:27:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Four states in the United States officially designate themselves "commonwealths": Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
2006-09-16 03:34:44 · answer #1 · answered by Michael K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As someone has already answered, there are four states which are commonwealths: Massachusetts, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
A source of confusion for years has been what the difference is. The answer is that there is none. By ratifying the US constitution, each becomes a state and becomes subject to The Constitution's laws; being a commonwealth is a piece of history. Hence the term commonwealth as it applies to states is only a matter of how they were founded originally.
The US Possessions such as Puerto Rico are a different form of commonwealth in that they remain an self-governing country. Their head of state, however, is the US president.
2006-09-16 03:52:11 · answer #2 · answered by Bentley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kentucky, Virginia, Massachutsetts, and Pennsylvania. Also, Puerto Rico and The Northern Marianas Islands are U.S. Commonwealths
2006-09-16 03:35:13 · answer #3 · answered by Trey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A commonwealth is a non-state sort of subsidiary. Like Puerto Rico or Guam
2006-09-16 03:29:13 · answer #4 · answered by corwynwulfhund 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Virginia is a commonwealth state, dont really know what that means though.
2006-09-16 03:30:37 · answer #5 · answered by Frank R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a nation, state, or other political unit: as a : one founded on law and united by compact or tacit agreement of the people for the common good b : one in which supreme authority is vested in the people c : REPUBLIC
3 capitalized a : the English state from the death of Charles I in 1649 to the Restoration in 1660 b : PROTECTORATE 1b
4 : a state of the U.S. -- used officially of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
5 capitalized : a federal union of constituent states -- used officially of Australia
6 often capitalized : an association of self-governing autonomous states more or less loosely associated in a common allegiance (as to the British crown)
7 often capitalized : a political unit having local autonomy but voluntarily united with the U.S. -- used officially of Puerto Rico and of the Northern Mariana Island
2006-09-16 03:44:15 · answer #6 · answered by askthetoughquestions 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kentucky, Massachusettes, Virginia, and Pennsylvania
2006-09-16 03:36:44 · answer #7 · answered by Angelina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What States Are Commonwealths
2017-02-28 03:48:43 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋