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  2. List of countries formerly ruled by the United States

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    Name of territory Dates Status Comments The Philippines: 1898–1946 Unincorporated territory First under military administration, later under an insular government in preparation for independence [1] Cuba: 1898–1902 Provisional military government Under military administration after Spain ceded Cuba to the United States [2] Puerto Rico: 1898 ...

  3. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The act organizing Wyoming Territory became law on this date, but it is unclear if the territory could be considered "organized" until May 19, 1869, as the act specifies it was not to take effect until a government is organized; however, all sources use this date as the creation, and most use it for the organization, of the territory.

  4. Territorial evolution of North America since 1763 - Wikipedia

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    Preferring to keep Guadeloupe, France gave up Canada and all of its claims to territory east of the Mississippi River to Britain. With France out of North America this dramatically changed the European political scene on the continent. At first only the imperial powers of Europe had the resources to support and expand settlements in North America.

  5. Territories of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Territories are classified by incorporation and whether they have an "organized" government established by an organic act passed by the Congress. [3] American territories are under American sovereignty and may be treated as part of the U.S. proper in some ways and not others (i.e., territories belong to, but are not considered part of the U.S ...

  6. U.S. territorial sovereignty - Wikipedia

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    A territory has been historically divided into organized territories and unorganized territories. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] An unorganized territory was generally either unpopulated or set aside for Native Americans and other indigenous peoples in the United States by the U.S. federal government, until such time as the growing and restless population ...

  7. Colonial history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Colonists from Europe saw the American landscape as wild, savage, dark, a waste, and thus needed to be tamed in order for it to be safe and habitable. Once cleared and settled, these areas were depicted as "Eden itself." [94] The advent of European colonization resulted in the disruption of existing social structures in indigenous lands.

  8. 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 ...

  9. American occupation zone in Germany - Wikipedia

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    The American occupation zone in Germany (German: Amerikanische Besatzungszone), also known as the US-Zone, and the Southwest zone, [1] was one of the four occupation zones established by the Allies of World War II in Germany west of the Oder–Neisse line in July 1945, around two months after the German surrender and the end of World War II in Europe.