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The United States expropriated from Panama additional areas around the soon-to-be-built Madden Dam and annexed them to the Panama Canal Zone. [367] [375] Caribbean Sea: May 3, 1932 The United States adjusted the border at Punta Paitilla in the Canal Zone, returning a small amount of land to Panama. This was the site for a planned new American ...
Canada inherited territorial disputes with the United States over Machias Seal Island and North Rock, which remain disputed up to the present. [14] Disputes: July 15, 1870 The United Kingdom transferred most of its remaining land in North America to Canada, with the North-Western Territory and Rupert's Land becoming the North-West Territories.
The Province of Canada or the United Province of Canada was created by combining Lower Canada and Upper Canada. It was a British colony in North America from 1841 to 1867. Its formation reflected recommendations made by John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham in the Report on the Affairs of British North America following the Rebellions of 1837 .
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Date: 31 December 2008 (Original); 2009-01-16 (Current): Source: This image was adapted from File:ElectoralCollege1804.svg, itself adapted from File:Map of territorial growth 1775.svg and File:ElectoralCollege1964.svg (both based off File:Blank_US_Map.svg) using data from File:ElectoralCollege1820-Large.png, File:United States 1820-1821-07.png, the original version uploaded by AndyHogan14 and ...
Original territory of the Thirteen States (western lands, roughly between the Mississippi River and Appalachian Mountains, were claimed but not administered by the states and were all ceded to the federal government or new states by 1802) 1783: 892,135: 2,310,619----- Annexation of the Vermont Republic: 1791: 9,616: 24,905----- Louisiana ...
1820s in the United States by state or territory (42 C) 1820s disestablishments in the United States (27 C) 1820s establishments in the United States (44 C, 2 P)
The cartography of the United States is the history of surveying and creation of maps of the United States. Maps of the New World had been produced since the 16th century. The history of cartography of the United States begins in the 18th century, after the declared independence of the original Thirteen Colonies on July 4, 1776 , during the ...