Trivia Game (No googling allowed)

[metrognome7]

Oooh... Ruth, you may get this on a technicality. Let me check...

EDIT: Technically, as South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union, it was arguably unilaterally independent for a short time. This is NOT, however, what I was asking about. Ruling?

[hess]

I guess since others took multiple guesses I will too. I'll go with Pennsylvania.
But it looks like Ruth is right.

[AlienBoy]

Mmmm... wasn't that only that one county in NORTH carolina?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklen...f_Independence


AB

[AlienBoy]

Oh - I was thinking independence from GB.

[metrognome7]

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Mmmm... wasn't that only that one county in NORTH carolina?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklen...f_Independence


AB

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I believe Ruth's referring to the beginnings of the Confederacy, AB - but GREAT catch, I'd never heard of that before.

[RuthB.Ginsburg]

So it's my turn?

[metrognome7]

Alright, I need to head out so I'm going to give it to Ruth on the South Carolina technicality. The answer I was looking for, however, was:

Hawai'i
California (The Bear Republic)
Texas (The Lone Star Republic)
Vermont (The Republic of Vermont, aka "New Connecticut")

[RuthB.Ginsburg]

Ok, cool. Who was the first American to recieve the Nobel Peace Prize?

[JimHammer]

Teddy Roosevelt

[RuthB.Ginsburg]

Nice Jim. Go.