Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The United States of America was formed after thirteen British colonies in North America declared independence from the British Empire on July 4, 1776. In the Lee Resolution , passed by the Second Continental Congress two days prior, the colonies resolved that they were free and independent states.
1945–1948 Provisional military government Occupied in response to the Soviet Civil Administration [10] Marshall Islands 1947–1994 United Nations Trust Territory under U.S. administration Under U.S. administration in enforcement of UNSC 21 [11] Palau (TTPI) 1947–1994 United Nations Trust Territory under U.S. administration
The Massachusetts Bay Colony French settlements and forts in the so-called Illinois Country, 1763, which encompassed parts of the modern day states of Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky) A 1775 map of the German Coast, a historical region of present-day Louisiana located above New Orleans on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River Vandalia was the name of a proposed British colony ...
1947 August 15 — The Partition of India splits India and Pakistan as independent countries from Britain. 1948 — The State of Israel is created after the 1947 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 called for the partition of the British-ruled Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The resolution is accepted by the Jews in ...
The term "United States," when used in the geographic sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including the District of Columbia not as a state), Alaska, Hawaii, the five insular territories of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and minor outlying possessions. [1]
United States – United States of America Capital: Washington, D.C. Widely recognized independent state. UN member state from October 4, 1945. The United States had sovereignty over: Alaska – Alaska Territory (Territory) American Samoa – Territory of American Samoa (Territory) Baker Island (uninhabited territory)
This is a list of all present sovereign states in North America and their predecessors.The division between North and South America is unclear, generally viewed as lying somewhere in the Isthmus of Panama, however, the Caribbean Islands, Central America including the whole of Panama is considered to be part of North America as its southernmost nation.
This is an alphabetical list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas.It comprises three regions, Northern America (Canada and the United States), the Caribbean (cultural region of the English, French, Dutch, and Creole speaking countries located on the Caribbean Sea) and Latin America (nations that speak Spanish and Portuguese).