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→ United States – United States of America Capital: Washington, D.C. Widely-recognized UN member state. The United States was a federation of 50 states, one federal district, and one incorporated territory. [100] It asserted sovereignty over the following inhabited unincorporated territories:
This timeline lists all sovereign states in North America (including Central America and the Caribbean), both current and defunct, ... 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
July 1, 1960 Italy Somalia: July 31, 1960 France: Dahomey: Renamed to Benin in 1975. August 5, 1960 France: Upper Volta: Renamed to Burkina Faso in 1984. August 7, 1960 France Ivory Coast: August 8, 1960 France Niger: August 11, 1960 France Chad: August 13, 1960 France Central African Republic: Central African Empire from 1976-1979. August 15, 1960
In other cases, a sovereign state submitted to foreign military occupation or political subjugation for a period of time and later regained its independence (e.g., 6 current states gained control of sovereignty from Nazi Germany between 1944 and 1945).
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. [note 1]
The dominant customary international law standard of statehood is the declarative theory of statehood, which was codified by the Montevideo Convention of 1933. The Convention defines the state as a person of international law if it "possess[es] the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) a capacity to enter into relations with the ...
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
Only lasted a month before being a founding member of the Confederate States of America. Republic of Louisiana: Secessionist state formed on January 11, 1861, when Louisiana seceded from the United States. It only lasted two and a half weeks before joining the Confederate States of America on February 8, 1861. Alabama Republic