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  2. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Among the changes this caused were: a slice of Canal Zone was ceded to Panama so Panama City would be connected with the rest of the country; the middle island of the Las Tres Hermanas Islands, which marked the border of Panama City's harbor, was wholly made part of Canal Zone; Gatun Lake and other surrounding waters were formally annexed to ...

  3. Cartography of the United States - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. List of national border changes (1914–present) - Wikipedia

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    Britain's holdings on the Indian subcontinent were granted independence in 1947 and 1948, becoming five new independent states: India, Burma, Ceylon, Sikkim, and Pakistan (including East Bengal, from 1971 Bangladesh). 1945 — The Republic of China have Taiwan and Penghu retroceded.

  5. List of countries formerly ruled by the United States - Wikipedia

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    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

  6. List of sovereign states by date of formation - Wikipedia

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    Nation-building is a long evolutionary process, and in most cases the date of a country's "formation" cannot be objectively determined; e.g., the fact that England and France were sovereign kingdoms on equal footing in the medieval period does not prejudice the fact that England is not now a sovereign state (having passed sovereignty to Great ...

  7. List of countries that have gained independence from the ...

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    The British and American occupation zones were merged in 1947 to form the Bizone, and the French zone was added into it in 1948. The resulting Trizone became host to a new German central government on 23 May 1949.

  8. List of princely states of British India (by region) - Wikipedia

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    Most of the states then decided to accede to India or to Pakistan, such as Junagadh (19471948), Bilaspur on 12 October 1948, and Bhopal on 1 May 1949. Travancore also chose to remain an independent country. Hyderabad State was the largest which chose to remain independent. In Operation Polo, in September 1948, it was invaded and annexed by ...

  9. Historical regions of the United States - Wikipedia

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    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 ...