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I have heard that sometime shortly after the Revolutionary War, North Carolina claimed all of the lands west of it's borders all the way to the Pacific Ocean (within its' northern and southern latitudes). Was this claim ever ratified or accepted. What became of this claim? So was California at one time part of North Carolina? I read this information in a book entitled "Trail of Tears" which is an account of the transferring of the Cherrokee Indian Nation from the eastern states to Nebraska.

2006-11-04 18:17:15 · 4 answers · asked by Phil D 1 in Arts & Humanities History

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If they did indeed make that claim, then I don't think there was any basis behind it. At that time, California was part of Spain. It eventually became Mexico, and America got it as a result of the Mexican-American War in the mid 1800's. Also, don't forget that America bought much of the midwest in the Louisiana purchase from France, a few years after the Revolutionary War.

2006-11-04 18:31:43 · answer #1 · answered by jellybeanchick 7 · 0 0

No this was before the revolution. The original charter for the colony of Carolina, which was split into N & S very early on, was to include all the land from Atlantic Coast to the other side (which they really didn't know that much about).
They didn't know how big N. America was. Only later on did they realize this, and by the revolution, the colonies' boundaries had pretty much been set. A few might have wanted to claim more land, as much of Eastern Tennessee was actually originally part of North Carolina (albeit more of a territory). This was just not really practical. Only in theory was part of California in Carolina.

2006-11-04 18:35:18 · answer #2 · answered by joannaserah 6 · 0 0

The question must be "do you help Cascadia secession" (no longer succession). And jointly as i think of those people who stay right here have a recommendations-set and recommendations-set it somewhat is regularly out of sync with something of u . s . of america and Canada, i do no longer think of that's a competent thought. there is a lot to splitting a u . s . (or 2) and making a clean u . s .. it is not as consumer-friendly because it sounds, and there are demanding circumstances that come alongside with it. So it is not for me, no.

2016-12-28 13:17:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

you can read about this at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Colony

2006-11-04 18:46:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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