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Originally posted by LilNiglet
an·nex Pronunciation Key (-nks, nks)
tr.v. an·nexed, an·nex·ing, an·nex·es
To append or attach, especially to a larger or more significant thing.
To incorporate (territory) into an existing political unit such as a country, state, county, or city.
To add or attach, as an attribute, condition, or consequence.
According yto Dictionary.com, you are now a part of our kingdom. Like a state. Now, lets think for a minute...
Take the state of North Dakota (completely random =X). Does the government of the United States of America have TOTAL CONTROL over North Dakota? Yes.
Problem solved!
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North Dakota was bought as a result of the Louisiana Purchase. It was never annexed. Plus, it doesn't matter what the definition of annexation is. We had terms of annexiationy (is that a word?) that stated that it was just for stability or something to that effect (what CheeToS said!).