Just a quirk of History, and remember Hawaii is also still Crown lands. Just look at the state flag.
2007-09-16 20:47:12 · 8 answers · asked by Gary Jackson 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Sorry, sadly not.
By the terms of the treaty of Paris 1783, Britain recognized the independence of the United States with generous boundaries to the Mississippi River but retained Canada. Access to the Newfoundland fisheries was guaranteed to Americans, and navigation of the Mississippi was to be open to both Great Britain and the United States. Creditors of neither country were to be impeded in the collection of their debts, and Congress was to recommend to the states that American loyalists be treated fairly and their confiscated property restored. (Some of these provisions were to cause later difficulties and disputes.)
Nice try!
2007-09-20 00:35:22 · answer #1 · answered by Retired 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Even if England never accepted the Declaration of Independence, they agreed to our independence through the Treaty of Paris. They didn't abide by it until the end of the War of 1812, however--they contended Americans were still British citizens, and kept kidnapping them on the high seas and forcing them to serve in the British armed forces.
Hawaii is no longer a kingdom, even though it once was--there was a consortium of businessmen who bought up a great deal of property there who managed to force the Hawaiians to agree to become a U.S. territory in the late 19th century. The fact that they have kept their Hawaiian flag does not affect their status--Texas still keeps the flag of the Republic of Texas, and I wouldn't want to claim Texas isn't part of the U.S.!
2007-09-17 10:43:29 · answer #2 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The UK signed a treaty with the United States ending the Revolutionary war that relinquished any claim they had to the colonies.
2007-09-17 06:20:17 · answer #3 · answered by Avatar_defender_of_the_light 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
We weren't asking permission, we were telling King George to get stuffed. Big difference.
And the Kingdom of Hawaii was never part of the UK. This was little more than an attempt by the Hawaiian king to ingratiate himself to the British ... which didn't work.
2007-09-17 03:53:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
I believe there was a war over all this... and the Americans won.
2007-09-17 03:54:21 · answer #5 · answered by iNsTaNt pUdDiNhEaD 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
never heard of England...are they important?
2007-09-17 07:12:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure no one is gonna worry about this.
2007-09-17 03:52:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
..."they" didn't have to accept it... that's why it was a "Declaration"...not a "mother may I" request....
2007-09-17 03:54:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋