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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 .
Amberg, Julie Sutherland. Political and sentimental discourse in 1790s America : Judith Sargent Murray's The Gleaner, Hannah Webster Foster's The Coquette, and Susanna Haswell Rowson's Reuben and Rachel; or, Tales of Old Times (thesis/dissertation). 1995. Kornfeld, Eve. "Encountering "the Other": American Intellectuals and Indians in the 1790s."
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 American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). Later, Samuel Augustus Mitchell published a map of the United States ...
Northwestern North America: December 10, 1903 Land along southern Guantánamo Bay was leased in perpetuity from Cuba for use as a naval base; [336] the treaty took effect February 23, 1903, and the formal handover occurred on this date. [337] no change to map: May 4, 1904 The United States took ownership of the Panama Canal Zone.
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
Lieutenant Governor of New York: Stephen Van Rensselaer (political party unknown) Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: George Brown (political party unknown) (until month and day unknown), Samuel J. Potter (Democratic-Republican) (starting month and day unknown) Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: until January 23: John Drayton (Democratic ...
The First Party System between 1792 and 1824 featured two national parties competing for control of the presidency, Congress, and the states: The Federalist Party, which was created by Alexander Hamilton and was dominant to 1800; and the rival Republican Party (Democratic-Republican Party), which was created by Thomas Jefferson and James ...
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 ...