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Queen Anne was head of state of the 13 colonies, as they were owned by the UK. Queen Elizabeth is head of state of Canada and Australia today, even though they aren't "owned" by the UK.
It's a fact, like it or not.
The US government didn't recognize my family's land grant. The royal grant documents are still in the county's land records, unchanged, and not further validated.
Telling someone to move isn't a valid way to prevail in a discussion. The better way is to come up with a stronger position.
George III was terrible, but surely some of the ones before were fine--otherwise, we would have separated sooner.
The UK is a foreign country. Fact.
The UK history is not US history. Fact.
Queen Anne was never our leader. The US has never been led by a monarchy. Fact.
Ownership over lands change all the time. The US took North America from the UK by force. If the government had wanted, they could’ve taken your families lands as well. Fact.
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Neither were Confederate generals and politicians, yet we have so much named after them and have to deal with incredible outcry any time somebody suggests changing them.
The country was tired of war and I understand why the North went relatively easy on the South. Short term... great. Long term... yeah there are some issues.
So often, the US names things after Congresspeople who gave funding for projects, or Presidents or other politicians.
Fine, so we name things after government leaders. But why not name things after pre-1776 leaders? Queen Anne, King James II, King Charles II, etc. were our leaders just as much as JFK, Teagan and Eisenhower were. We named cities and other landmarks after them at the time and liked them just fine.
Why not keep naming things after pre-1776 leaders? I think that would help honor our past and avoid modern political squabbling over partisan politics. When something is named after Bush or Obama, people shriek with anger.
Here in Boston, one of our most prominent roads was renamed from King St to State St after the Revolution. That should give you an idea of where we stand with this.
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Here in Boston, one of our most prominent roads was renamed from King St to State St after the Revolution. That should give you an idea of where we stand with this.
Columbia University in NYC started out as Kings College but changed it's name.
However Dartmouth was named after William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth.
Columbia University in NYC started out as Kings College but changed it's name.
However Dartmouth was named after William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth.
The river that goes through Boston was and still is named after King Charles I.
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