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  2. Timeline of geopolitical changes - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of geopolitical changes (before 1500) Timeline of geopolitical changes (1500–1899) Timeline of geopolitical changes (1900–1999) Timeline of geopolitical changes (2000–present) National border changes: List of territory purchased by a sovereign nation from another sovereign nation; List of national border changes (1815–1914)

  3. Territorial evolution of North America since 1763 - Wikipedia

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    The United Kingdom ceded most of its remaining land in North America to Canada, with Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory becoming the North-West Territories. The Rupert's Land Act 1868 transferred the region to Canada as of 1869, but it was only consummated in 1870 when £300,000 were paid to the Hudson's Bay Company .

  4. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    no change to map: November 21, 1789 North Carolina became the twelfth state to ratify the Constitution. [78] April 2, 1790 North Carolina ceded its western half to the federal government. [j] [79] [59] May 26, 1790 The land recently ceded by North Carolina was organized as the Territory South of the River Ohio, commonly known as the Southwest ...

  5. Timeline of sovereign states in North America - Wikipedia

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    North Carolina: Native Americans: 1585 Roanoke Colony Native Americans: 1609 Colony of Virginia 1629 Province of Carolina 1710 Province of North Carolina 1776 North Carolina 1861 North Carolina 1865 North Carolina North Dakota: Native Americans: 1833 Michigan Territory 1836 Wisconsin Territory

  6. Outline of the history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Map of North America at the start of Queen Anne's War (1702), showing areas occupied by the three European powers. England reunites the Province of East Jersey and the Province of West Jersey as the Province of New-Jersey; Queen Anne's War, 1702 – April 11, 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, April 11, 1713

  7. History of North America - Wikipedia

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    The History of North America encompasses the past developments of people populating the continent of North America. While it was commonly accepted that the continent first became inhabited by humans when individuals migrated across the Bering Sea 40,000 to 17,000 years ago, [ 1 ] more recent discoveries may have pushed those estimates back at ...

  8. Timeline of geopolitical changes (1500–1899) - Wikipedia

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    Thirteen British colonies in North America, including the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, collectively declare their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, as the United States of America. [15] Philadelphia is the first of eight cities that will serve as a temporary capital until 1800. 20 December

  9. List of conflicts in North America - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of conflicts in North America.This list includes all present-day countries starting northward first from Northern America (Canada, Greenland, and the United States of America), southward to Middle America (Aridoamerica, Oasisamerica, and Mesoamerica in Mexico; and Central America over Panama, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua), and eastward to ...