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Numerous organizations advocate for the independence of California as a sovereign state. Common arguments in support of independence are often based on the fact of California having the fifth-largest economy in the world, [45] [46] [47] and for being home to the global centers of entertainment and technology (Silicon Valley). [48] [49]
1855 J. H. Colton Company map of Virginia that predates the West Virginia partition by seven years.. Numerous state partition proposals have been put forward since the 1776 establishment of the United States that would partition an existing U.S. state or states so that a particular region might either join another state or create a new state.
Circular. To all whom it may concern. Be it known. That the President of the United States ... has invested the undersigned with separate and distinct powers, civil and military ... Done at Monterey, capital of California, this first day of March, A.D. 1847. Congressional Serial Set: Issue 507, p. 22, U.S. Government Printing Office.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
A movement in a myriad of rural counties across deep blue states such as Illinois and California to split off and form new states appears to be gaining some steam in the wake of the Nov. 5 election.
California. Proposed state or autonomous area: Second Californian Republic/"New" California or autonomy Ethnic group: Americans, Californios, Indigenous Californians; Advocacy groups: Yes California, [105] Californians for Independence; Political parties: California National Party, [106] California Freedom Coalition [107] Texas
A viral post shared on X claims California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is purportedly considering seceding from the Union following President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 victory. Verdict: False ...
In February 2018, as organizers of the so-called “CalExit” campaign to have California secede from the union and form its own country, a Russian national named Aleksandr Ionov sent electronic ...