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Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: U.N. trust territory administered by the U.S.; included the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Philippines: military government, 1899–1902; insular government, 1902–1935; commonwealth government, 1935–1942 and 1945 ...
The Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) is a unit of the United States Department of the Interior that oversees federal administration of several United States insular areas.It is the successor to the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the War Department, which administered certain territories from 1902 to 1939, and the Office of Territorial Affairs (formerly the Division of Territories and Island ...
Puerto Rico: military government, 1899–1900; insular government, 1900–1952; became a commonwealth on July 25, 1952. Naval Government of Guam (1899–1950): island under Japanese occupation between 1941 and 1944; territory organized and civil government established by the Guam Organic Act of 1950.
Seal of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands (1905–1935) The Territorial Seal of the Panama Canal Zone (1908–1979) Seal of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1965–1980)
43 Texas. 44 Utah. 45 Vermont. 46 Virginia. ... including its insular areas, which are listed at the end. ... Government Island; Hayden Island;
The Insular Government of the Philippine Islands [6] (Spanish: Gobierno Insular de las Islas Filipinas [7]) was an unincorporated territory of the United States that was established on April 11, 1899 upon ratification of the 1898 Treaty of Paris. [8] It was reorganized in 1935 in preparation for later independence.
Government of the United States Virgin Islands (6 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Government of insular areas of the United States" This category contains only the following page.
In 1902, it became the Bureau of Insular Affairs. [2] As a result of the Insular Cases, the U.S. Attorney General issued an opinion in 1915 stating that the insular areas were unincorporated territories of the United States. In 1939, the bureau was replaced by the Division of Territories and Island Possessions in the Department of the Interior. [1]