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Michele Bachmann's Historical Blunder

ludahai said:
Last I checked, January was before May. Not only did NH declare independence, but even ratified a Constitution.
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History of New Hampshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

New Hampshire was one of the Thirteen Colonies that revolted with the British rule in the American Revolution. In January 1776, it became the first colony to set up an independent government and the first to establish a constitution, but the latter explicitly stated "we never sought to throw off our dependence on Great Britain", meaning that it was not the first to actually declare its independence (that honor instead belongs to Rhode Island).
 
Degreez said:
History of New Hampshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

New Hampshire was one of the Thirteen Colonies that revolted with the British rule in the American Revolution. In January 1776, it became the first colony to set up an independent government and the first to establish a constitution, but the latter explicitly stated "we never sought to throw off our dependence on Great Britain", meaning that it was not the first to actually declare its independence (that honor instead belongs to Rhode Island).
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Declaration of independence was on January 5th 1776... NH set up its own government and actually declared independence... a copy of the declaration is still on display in Exeter...
 
ludahai said:
Declaration of independence was on January 5th 1776... NH set up its own government and actually declared independence... a copy of the declaration is still on display in Exeter...
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Err, no... they did not actually DECLARE INDEPENDENCE.

New England - Google Books
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