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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)
Animated map of the territorial evolution of the United States US Census Bureau map depicting territorial acquisitions, 2007 After Japan's defeat in World War II, the Japanese-ruled Northern Mariana Islands came under control of the United States.
This map was obtained from an edition of the National Atlas of the United States.Like almost all works of the U.S. federal government, works from the National Atlas are in the public domain in the United States.
United States territorial expansion since 1803, maps by William R. Shepherd (1923) Census Bureau map depicting territorial acquisitions and effective dates of statehood. The following is a list of the 31 U.S. territories that have become states, in the order of the date organized. (All were considered incorporated.)
The United States acquired Guam and Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War in 1898, where the U.S. victory forced Spain to give up control of these territories through the Treaty of Paris ...
The areas ceded comprise 236,825,600 acres (370,040.0 sq mi; 958,399 km 2), or 10.4 percent of current United States territory, and make up all or part of 10 states. [1] This does not include the areas later ceded by Texas to the federal government , which make up parts of five more states.
A National Atlas map from 2002 National Atlas map (from circa 2005) depicting historical United States territorial acquisitions. The National Atlas of the United States was an atlas published by the United States Department of the Interior from 1874 to 1997. Older editions were printed, but the most recent edition was available online.
This map was obtained from an edition of the National Atlas of the United States. Like almost all works of the U.S. federal government, works from the National Atlas are in the public domain in the United States. Online access: NationalAtlas.gov | 1970 print edition: Library of Congress, Perry-Castañeda Library