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The State of Jefferson would have been a 49th state carved out of northern California and southern Oregon. They felt shortchaged by the governments of their respective states because they weren't getting developed like the rest of the state. They eventually decided to seced from their respective stated and form the State of Jefferson. They got so far as to elect a legislature, governor, and issue a Proclomation of Independence (which they promptly handed out to anyone passing through their "state").

However, the media planned to announce this on December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor derailed this movement because "the War left little time for such frivilous secessionism."

My question is, what do you think would have happened if the media had decided to announce this on Dec 6 or earlier? What would have been the effects of the secession of Jefferson?

Sources:

http://www.jeffersonstate.com/jeffersonstory.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_(Pacific_state)

http://sisnet.ssku.k12.ca.us/~msusdftp/jones/ian/historypg1.html

http://bigthink.com/ideas/21511

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