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A federal Europe, also referred to as the United States of Europe (USE), European State, [1] [2] or a European federation, is a hypothetical scenario of European integration leading to the formation of a sovereign superstate (similar to the United States of America), organised as a federation of the member countries of the European Union (EU), as contemplated by political scientists ...
The UK feared that, if the United States was diverted from its main focus in Europe to the Pacific (Japan), Hitler might crush the Soviet Union, and would then become an unconquerable fortress in Europe. The wound inflicted on the United States by Japan's attack on the US at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, did not result in a change in U.S ...
Dispute between the United States and the United Kingdom over the Turtle Islands located south of the Philippines, which was then American territory. In a 1930 treaty the United Kingdom acknowledged American sovereignty over the islands and was agreed upon that the British would remain administering the island until the United States express ...
Proposed map of the United States of Greater Austria, superimposed on the major ethnic groups of Austria-Hungary. The United States of Greater Austria (German: Vereinigte Staaten von Groß-Österreich) was an unrealised proposal made in 1906 to federalize Austria-Hungary to help resolve widespread ethnic and nationalist tensions.
1853, December 30 – The Gadsden Purchase gives territory from Mexico to the United States, establishing the present-day border with Mexico. 1861–1865 – The American Civil War happens. After the Confederate States of America (CSA) is founded in February of the year, war breaks out in April between the Unionists and the Confederates of the ...
All territories taken from Czechoslovakia by its neighbours in October 1938 (Munich Agreement) and March 1939; 1938 March 13 — Austria is annexed by Nazi Germany in the Anschluss. 1938 April 25 — The United Kingdom agrees to return its three Treaty Ports to Ireland as part of the Anglo-Irish Trade Agreement over the course of the next ...
1898: Annexation of the Republic of Hawaii as a United States territory via the Newlands Resolution [51] 1898: In the Treaty of Paris, the United States obtains the Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, and makes Cuba a protectorate. [52] 1899–1900: Anti-imperialist sentiment in the United States mobilizes but fails to stop the expansion. [53]
United States territory can also include disputed territory, which is a geographic area claimed by the United States of America and one (or more) rival governments. Under the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 , United States territory can include areas occupied by and controlled by the United States Armed Forces .