"Virginia being a commonwealth, that was just sort of our heritage," says Professor Tom Appleton from Eastern Kentucky University.īack when the colonies declared their independence from England, Kentucky was still a part of Virginia, which extended from its current borders all the way out to the Mississippi River. So why did Kentucky decide to call itself a Commonwealth? There's no difference between commonwealths and the other 46 states in the union.
that call themselves commonwealths and Kentucky is the only one that wasn't one of the 13 original colonies. It's all about style and history.There are four states in the U.S.
is simply called a state? What's the difference? Why is Kentucky a Commonwealth, but just about every other state in the U.S.
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