Raymond Speer (raystwo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
: Would a mid-19th century USA have okayed a monarchy?
: Now, we probably would not even notice. But way back then, people
: rhetorically took pride in being part of the great republic, just as the
: old Romans had. Assuming that it was not all empty bull****, is that not
: an indication that many Americans would rather go to hell than live
: under a monarch, even a constitutional monarch.
Do you mean, if America had been (nominally) under British rule
consistently since the 17th century - of course. Do you mean would America
agree to rejoining Britian in the mid-19th century, of course not. For a
mid-19th century America under a monarch, you need a late-18th century
(pre-1776) POD.
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