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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
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).
January 1, 1960 France Cameroon: April 27, 1960 France Togo: June 20, 1960 France Mali: June 26, 1960 France Madagascar: Independence restored after French rule, initial establishment as Kingdom of Madagascar in 1817, a successor to the earlier Merina Kingdom. June 30, 1960 Belgium DR Congo: Named Zaire from 1971-1997.
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 ...
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]
United States: 30 January: 1819: Under the Treaty of 1818, the borders between the United States and British North America west of Lake of the Woods and east of the Rocky Mountains were set to follow the 49th parallel north. Sarawak Malaya [e] 16 September: 1963: Independent Raj of Sarawak 1841-1946.
This is an alphabetical list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas.It comprises three regions, Northern America (Canada and the United States), the Caribbean (cultural region of the English, French, Dutch, and Creole speaking countries located on the Caribbean Sea) and Latin America (nations that speak Spanish and Portuguese).