City-states usually applies to ancient Greece, where cities Like Athens and Sparta had their own gov't, and were literally run as separate countries."city-states..." I hadn't thought of it that way, but you're absolutely correct.You taught me something.
You might find "America at 1750: A Social Portrait" by Richard Hofstadter an interesting read. Maybe not.
"Taxation without representation" We tend to think that the revolution just sprang right up out of "whole cloth," but it didn't. It was something that took time to build to the point that parting with the mother country became ... inescapable. And everybody just hated to do it, but they (Washington, et al) eventually saw no recourse.
And, yes, the VA needs to get its house in order with regard to their mental care.
Vermont. When I was stationed at NSA, I fondly recall a trip "up north" in -- believe it or not -- my 1955 T-Bird -- and there, in some little valley that I came upon all by accident in Vermont was a store with the old soda-fountain-handle thingies, still pouring out their Coca-cola syrup.
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