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Editor says, what if the State of Nevada left the Union and joined Canada? muses Robbie Taylor. Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s). This story was published in the May 2012 edition of Changing the Times Magazine.
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In 1864, the Province of Nevada first achieved self-government as a state of the (former) United States.
Canadian Province of NevadaAlthough the congressional delegation did vote for the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution banning slavery on January 31, 1865, it was the only significant legislation Nevada had any say in before the American Union finally disintegrated after the Union defeat at Nashville in December 1864. With a fully reequipped Confederate army poised on the Ohio River on January 31, President Lincoln was forced to resign, and President Hamlin unilaterally declared a ceasefire on February 1.
In the resulting constitutional melee, Lord Palmerston offered the western states and territories a place - and British protection - in the future Canadian dominion, an offer that was gratefully accepted. Despite its small population, Nevada was formally recreated as one of the first seven Canadian provinces on July 1, 1867.
Entry posted by Alternate Historian Robbie Taylor
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Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: Politicians Source: Wikipedia Labels: Nevada, Civil War, Canada, Union, Lincoln. Steve Kudlak commented on Facebook: Why do people keep flogging the dead horse of Confederate Victory? It would not have been good for this country. Hmmm would a more powerful Canada be a good thing or abad thing I don not know.
~ Yeah, Nashville would have caused Nevada to join another province 2,000 miles away. Why not annex Tierra del Fuego?
~ "The dead forse of Confederate victory" continues to be "flogged" for the same reason as American defeat in the War of independence or Axis victory in Woeld War II are: it would, for good or ill (and I agree it would likely have been primarily for ill) it would have radically changed subsequent history.
Re Stan Brin's comment, I tend to agree, although distance from the contiguous 48 states didn't keep Hawaii or Alaska out of the U.S. in our hiistory.
~ So those new Canadian provinces would have had national health care...encouraging a lot of people to move there and creating very large cities indeed.
~ Hmm, interesting, although it could have happened even if the union won!
~ It could start a domino effect with Canada (and thereby Britain) picking up a lot of English-speaking territory.
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