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Map showing Poland's borders pre-1938 and post-1945. The Eastern Borderlands is in gray while the Recovered Territories are in pink.. The Recovered Territories or Regained Lands (Polish: Ziemie Odzyskane), also known as the Western Borderlands (Polish: Kresy Zachodnie), and previously as the Western and Northern Territories (Polish: Ziemie Zachodnie i Północne), Postulated Territories ...
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 ...
The U.S. Virgin Islands were organized into a civil territory. [405] no change to map: August 6, 1936 Canton Island, Enderbury Island, and McKean Island were claimed by the United Kingdom. [270] Pacific Ocean: April 6, 1939 The condominium of the Canton and Enderbury Islands was established with the United Kingdom. [406] Pacific Ocean: July 27 ...
A map of the United States showing its 50 states, federal district and five inhabited territories. Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories are shown at different scales, and the Aleutian Islands and the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands are omitted from the map.
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 ...
Accession Date Area (sq.mi.) Area (km 2.) Cost in dollars Original territory of the Thirteen States (western lands, roughly between the Mississippi River and Appalachian Mountains, were claimed but not administered by the states and were all ceded to the federal government or new states by 1802)
People from former regions and territories of the United States (31 C) Former counties of the United States (21 C, 38 P) Former countries of the United States (8 C, 24 P)
Former regions and territories of the United States (18 C, 142 P) H. History of United States expansionism (24 C, 188 P) O.