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** The Carolinas were named after Charles I; Maryland after his queen, Henrietta Maria (unless you prefer to believe it was the Catholic settlers being sneaky - which is [[Epileptic Trees|wildly unrealistic]] and even [[The Man Is Sticking It to the Man|childishly naive]], given that their leaders were to a man staunch and even bigoted Protestants/Puritans sent to prevent the settlers from doing this very thing!); its capital, Annapolis after Princess (later Queen) Anne; Charleston, SC, after Charles II; Georgia after George II; Charlotte, NC, after George III's queen; and Louisiana after Louis XIV of France. That's not even getting into smaller cities and county names and whatnot. As mentioned in the entry on Victoria above, these were not named for royals out of compulsion or even the hope of getting some money; these places received royal names because the persons who named them thought it was the right thing to do, nothing more. [[Captain Obvious|Colonialism and egotripping might go together,]] but not necessarily in the way some people assume they do.

*** Charlotte being named after the current queen must have made the [[The American Revolution|Battle of Charlotte]] a bit more humiliating.

** [[Denver]] was named after an early governor of Kansas Territory, James W. Denver.

** Seattle was named after [[wikipedia:Sealth|Chief Sealth]], who was admired by the white settlers in the area. Notably, he did not want the city named after him because it went against his religious beliefs.