"Which of the 13 states, in your opinion, would have been the States that were considered absolutely essential to the success of the "New" nation?"
TR,
I do not have problem with your reasoning in terms of the creation of the country in that time or with your reasoning about where the money was. I was just bringing it up to the years before as someone here refers to it as the late unpleasantness in our country. When we come up to the 1850"s and 1860's and follow the money as you suggest, we arrive at the States of the southern portion of our country and in that area, most of the wealth was in the slave population in my opinion. It seems to me that since we discuss the different aspects of that time on this site, it is proper to look and see where the money was then, not in 1788. I don't see the connection. It was true in 1788 and true in 1850 and true today that where the money is there lies the power. Kind of like the golden rule. He who has the gold rules. You know what I mean. FC