enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of countries formerly ruled by the United States

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_formerly...

    The United States, throughout its history, has had political, military, and administrative control over various regions and countries across the world. These territories were often acquired through war, treaties, or other diplomatic means.

  3. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of...

    The United States expropriated from Panama additional areas around the soon-to-be-built Madden Dam and annexed them to the Panama Canal Zone. [365] [373] Caribbean Sea: May 3, 1932 The United States adjusted the border at Punta Paitilla in the Canal Zone, returning a small amount of land to Panama. This was the site for a planned new American ...

  4. United States territorial acquisitions table - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_territorial...

    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) 1783: 892,135: 2,310,619----- Annexation of the Vermont Republic: 1791: 9,616: 24,905----- Louisiana ...

  5. Category:Former countries of the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Former_countries...

    Pages in category "Former countries of the United States" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.

  6. List of countries by date of recognition of the United States

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_date...

    The first official acknowledgement of the sovereignty of the United States of America was on November 16, 1776, when the first foreign salute [7] was given to the American Flag. The gun salute was given to the vessel USS Andrew Doria in Fort Orange on the Dutch island of St. Eustatius .

  7. U.S. territorial sovereignty - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._territorial_sovereignty

    As additional lands were acquired by the United States from Spain, France and other countries, the United States Congress directed that they be explored, surveyed, and made available for settlement. [28] During the Revolutionary War, military bounty land was promised to soldiers who fought for the colonies. [29]

  8. List of former sovereign states - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/.../List_of_former_sovereign_states

    A historical sovereign state is a state that once existed, but has since been dissolved due to conflict, war, rebellion, annexation, or uprising. This page lists sovereign states, countries, nations, or empires that ceased to exist as political entities sometime after 1453, grouped geographically and by constitutional nature.

  9. List of the United States treaties - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_United_States...

    Treaty-making between various Native American governments and the United States officially concluded on March 3, 1871 with the passing of the United States Code Title 25, Chapter 3, Subchapter 1, Section 71 (25 U.S.C. § 71). Pre-existing treaties were grandfathered, and further agreements were made under domestic law.