Proclaimed But Non-extant Entities
These entities have been proclaimed (or have existed de facto) but have never had an elected, functioning government:
- Absaroka
- Kingdom of Beaver Island
- Republic of California (also known as the "Bear Flag Republic") (June 14, 1846–July 9, 1846); then becoming the unorganized "Territory of California".
- Conch Republic
- Republic of Kinney
- Republic of Madawaska
- McDonald Territory
- Sovereign State of Muskogee
- Republic of the Rio Grande
- Great Republic of Rough and Ready
- State of Westmoreland (also see Westmoreland County, Connecticut)
- Sovereign State of Winneconne
- Some Flags of Historic U. S. Regions
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The unrecognized Sovereign State of Muskogee declared by William Bowles in 1799.
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The original Bear Flag only flew over California for 25 days, unrecognized by any country.
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Contemporary U.S. flag raised 23 June 1846 by Army Major John C. Frémont claiming California as a territory of the United States, replacing the short-lived Bear Flag Banner.
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Flag of the Kingdom of Hawai'i, 1894-1898.
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Flag of the U.S. Territory of the Panama Canal Zone, flown 1903–1979.
Read more about this topic: Historic Regions Of The United States
Famous quotes containing the words proclaimed and/or entities:
“I cannot think of punishing him ... merely for coveting that liberty for which we have paid the price of so much blood, and have proclaimed so often to be the right, and worthy pursuit of every human being.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“Experimental work provides the strongest evidence for scientific realism. This is not because we test hypotheses about entities. It is because entities that in principle cannot be ‘observed’ are manipulated to produce a new phenomena
[sic] and to investigate other aspects of nature.”
—Ian Hacking (b. 1936)