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.
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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)
“The white man regards the universe as a gigantic machine hurtling through time and space to its final destruction: individuals in it are but tiny organisms with private lives that lead to private deaths: personal power, success and fame are the absolute measures of values, the things to live for. This outlook on life divides the universe into a host of individual little entities which cannot help being in constant conflict thereby hastening the approach of the hour of their final destruction.”
—Policy statement, 1944, of the Youth League of the African National Congress. pt. 2, ch. 4, Fatima Meer, Higher than Hope (1988)