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A "state" is technically an independent country. At the time that the colonies were declared states, the idea was that it would be 13 separate countries working together as a large conglomerate type country. The thinking behind this is what led to the civil war 100 years later...remember that the civil war was NOT about slavery in the beginning...that was merely a battle cry...it was originally about states rights as independent entities.

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A city-state is a city which is also an independent country.

The best example in the modern world is Singapore.

Historically they were common in Europe, but the only ones left in Europe are Monaco and the Vatican City.

A city-state can include land outside the city, historically many city stares included some surrounding agricultural areas which supplied the city with food. It was still a city-state as long as most of the population lived in the one city.

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some got their names from people like new york and Virginia others were named after counties like France dutch england Spain

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Because the northern states were in support of maintaining the unity or union of the states under a Federal government.

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