Was it justifiable for Virginia to invade North Carolina in 1718?

[taterguy]

I don't think so but I'd like to hear your opinions on this matter.

[1000words]

1. Context?

Was this for the capture of Teach?

[taterguy]

2. Capture? They had no intention of capturing him.

[1000words]

4. Of course

Just using the official reasoning. Technically, Spotswood should have been accountable to an act of war, but he was a powerful man from a wealthy colony. Same as it ever was ...

[Brother Buzz]

3. Yes it was justifiable for Virginia to invade North Carolina

Their Pulled Pork was that good

[In_The_Wind]

11. Holy crap ...

I've been driving to Tennessee for BBQ Pork.

[Major Nikon]

12. My butt is in the smoker right now

[pinboy3niner]

13. Dude, we tried to tell you giving her a vaccuum for Valentines Day was a bad idea

You should have listened to us.

[Brother Buzz]

16. My thinking was skewered by today's crossword puzzle answer to 32 Down - Rotisserie

It's Tri-tip on a spit for this West Coaster, and my dog is gonna help:

[Scootaloo]

5. Well, given that Virginia was the largest state-thing on the planet at the time...

The charter establishing Virginia, signed by the king, granted the Virginia Company absolute control of the entire stretch of land from sea to sea. Of course at the time the exact breadth of the continent wasn't exactly known...

[Art_from_Ark]

15. By 1718 it was pretty well accepted that the French claimed Louisiana

and had dominion over the area drained by the Mississippi River and its tributaries, which severely limited Virginia's ability to stretch from sea to sea. And that's not even counting Spain's claims to lands west of Louisiana.

[NutmegYankee]

6. Under modern law and "federalism" with respect to civil divisions, no.

But the colonies were a little less disciplined in the early 18th century.

[Blue_Tires]

7. Yes...Trust me -- whatever the reasoning was, I promise you

North Carolina had it coming...300 years of shifty, untrustworthy shadiness...

Hell; as a kid, growing up as a proud Virginian I dreamt of the day when I'd be able to lead an armored division of like-minded Virginians across the border to assert our dominance once and for all...

(West Virginia would be the next part of our campaign)

[taterguy]

9. Our shiftiness saved your ass during the Revolutionary War

NC ports were the only ones that remained open.

The Royal Navy couldn't blockade them because our shifting shoals were too treacherous.






You're welcome.

[Blue_Tires]

10. If I was alive during that era, I could have won the Revolutionary War by myself

[taterguy]

14. If a frog had wings . . .

[struggle4progress]

8. We Nuth Caolinians is still angry about it, suh, and one these days we gonna do sumthin about it