Just a reminder (at asterisks I inserted below for clarity around the word
"anticipated") that regardless of what Virginians may have been anticipating
in 1775-1776, W. W. Hening was writing about and interpreting that
period decades later in the volumes he edited and published from 1819 to
1823, so HE didn't have to guess about what was going to happen in 1776.
jk

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:01 AM, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hening's distinction without a difference:  The difference is that VA
> became a commonwealth upon its approval of the constitution of 1776, in
> which it declared itself to be a commonwealth (maybe someone pointed that
> out).  So for now I'll admit that Hening's labeling the 1775-1776 period as
> the "interregnum" did not necessarily mean he ***anticipated** *America
> selecting a new king.  Rather, it would appear to mean that the VA
> legislature was acting on no one's authority, nor any legal instrument's,
> but their own.
>
> The other colonies were urged to issue new constitutions in 1776 as well --
> which they all did except Rhode Island.  PA called itself "the Commonwealth
> or State of Pennsylvania," as did Vermont -- although they were not one of
> the original 13...upon statehood, PA revised its constitution to read "the
> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania" and VT revised its to read "the State of
> Vermont."
>
> Others were "The Colony of New Jersey," for instance, and did not identify
> themselves as states until actual statehood.
>
> I'm not sure if RI not issuing a new constitution in 1776 or shortly
> thereafter indicates support for the royalists or not...I guess I'll have to
> join RI-HIST.  RI was the last of the 13 to approve the U.S. Constitution.
>
> Joe McCollum
>
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