And so are Kentucky, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, but "commonwealth" as used by these four is simply a synonym for "state." Puerto Rico is also officially a "commonwealth," but under federal law that status means that it is an unaffiliated, self-governing territory, but not a state of the United States. Beats being a "colony."
At the time when Europeans Virginia’s declared themselves a Commonwealth, they were not including the total population of Virginian humans. Many Virginians were slaves. Other Virginians were Native Americans. The European Virginias were not trying to see to the Commonwealth Of everyone living in Virginia.
Your entire channel has minimal views regarding Virginia itself, but then you got this clickbait trash as the one with the most views? Get out of here.
Nice video. The music is a bit too loud over the narration.
Your map of Virginia when it chose Commonwealth status didn't include what is now the State of West Virginia. Poor continuity!
this video could easily have been 30 seconds long but instead they added 2m30s of fillers and still got the map wrong.
And so are Kentucky, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, but "commonwealth" as used by these four is simply a synonym for "state." Puerto Rico is also officially a "commonwealth," but under federal law that status means that it is an unaffiliated, self-governing territory, but not a state of the United States. Beats being a "colony."
At the time when Europeans Virginia’s declared themselves a Commonwealth, they were not including the total population of Virginian humans. Many Virginians were slaves. Other Virginians were Native Americans. The European Virginias were not trying to see to the Commonwealth Of everyone living in Virginia.
Virginia can have a little commonwealth, as a treat.
I thought it was because they’re all common (simple) brained 🤷♂️
Pennsylvania is a commonwealth, Puerto Rico is a commonwealth, it does not make Virginia that special. Just a little special.
Your entire channel has minimal views regarding Virginia itself, but then you got this clickbait trash as the one with the most views? Get out of here.