What If The United States Had MORE States?

Potential Additions & Historical Proposals of More US States
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▶ In this video I talk about a few potential new states that could have existed in the United States. As well as some that might still come to exist in the future. It was 1959 when the last two states joined the union: Hawaii and Alaska. Now, in 2023, a lot of discussion remains on whether two specific territories should become the 51st and 52nd states: Puerto Rico and Washington DC. In addition to covering these potential expansions of the US, I also talk about some historical opportunities that there have been for additional states to exist in the contiguous territory of the United States of America. Some of them more recent, and others far back in history. Among these are the Jefferson State proposal, in the pacific coast, taking parts of rural California and rural Oregon. The protest state proposal of Absaroka, which would take up parts of Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming; related to the supposed failure of these states' governments to adequately distribute New Deal subsidies to farmers. Two native America state proposals: Sequoya, in present day Oklahoma, as well as Navajo in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. South Georgia, which is a recent example of a threat of secession due to a sense of abandonment by the state's central government. As well as the Superior state, named after the neighbouring lake, which would see the upper peninsula separate from the rest of Michigan due to its natural divide. West Kansas is another example of a threat of secession due to lack of regional funding, showing us how the urban vs rural issue is at the heart of many of these potential state separations. Although sometimes they are also ideological issues, taking advantage of natural / territorial divides to justify their desire of a new state, as is the case with the proposal to break California into 6 new states, or to separate the state of Washington in two, creating the Eastern state of Liberty. Finally we also take a look at the proposals to break up New York, due to the different realities between New York City and the rest of the state, attempting to follow the example of Vermont, which historically was a part of New York, but managed to separate from it in the 18th century and become its own state. An example that regions such as West New York or Long Island have attempted to follow at times.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:48 Jefferson
02:24 Absaroka
03:38 Sequoya
05:14 Navajo
06:39 Superior
08:16 West Kansas
09:10 West New York
10:03 Long Island
10:19 Liberty
11:16 Washington DC
11:51 Puerto Rico
12:37 Summary

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