some american history

now benji, like most ppl, is no expert, ni mucho menos (nor a lot less than that), on american history, however, after reading about the state of missouri, one thing becomes shiningly apparent:

missouri was not one of the 13 or so initial signatory states to the declaration of independence like virginia, new york (a dutch city dating back to 16th century), pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, South Carolina,New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.


these are the states that signed the famous declaration of independence (which you can now see somewhere in pennsylvania in the same rooms the  initial congress met for about 10 years) with the view to shaking off english rule, maybe men like jefferson and franklin, moreso than washington, would have foreseen that the american colonies, which were scattered at the time, would have evolved into a mighty whole......... 


but what you may not realize, is that as washington was warring with the english, california was a spanish enclave (the spaniards were sailing there via southernmost point of south america), louisiana was still french and had not been purchased via the louisiana purchase..... Napoleon was warring with ALL of europe by some kind of Divine plan of Evolution at approximately the time america was kind of first digging her roots into the soil....... it seems it was under napoleon that missourri territory and louisisana were sold off to the americans