There are actually 4 states that were independent countries at one point or another.
Hawai'i
Texas
California
Vermont
No way! What’s Vermont’s story?!
Here. Basically, some people carved out a territory and lived as a republic for fourteen years, despite no formal recognition. They were negotiating to rejoin Quebec, until the British had to go and surrender at Yorktown.
There are actually 4 states that were independent countries at one point or another.
Hawai'i
Texas
California
Vermont
No way! What’s Vermont’s story?!
Here. Basically, some people carved out a territory and lived as a republic for fourteen years, despite no formal recognition. They were negotiating to rejoin Quebec, until the British had to go and surrender at Yorktown.
The battle of Yorktown.
Seventeen Eighty-One.