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Annexation is a unilateral act where territory is seized and held by one state, [4] as distinct from the complete conquest of another country, [a] [7] [8] and differs from cession, in which territory is given or sold through treaty. Annexation can be legitimized if generally recognized by other states and international bodies. [4] [9] [2]
Recognizes the annexation of the Barony of Gex by the county of Savoy. 1358 Treaty of Zadar: The Republic of Venice loses influence over territories in Dalmatia. 1359 Treaty of London (1359) [note 18] Cedes western France to England; repudiated by the Estates-General in Paris. 1360 Treaty of Brétigny: Ends the first phase of the Hundred Years ...
The annexation led to the beginning of the Mexican–American War a few months later. [180] Disputes: June 15, 1846 The Oregon Treaty established 49° north west of the Lake of the Woods as the continental border (so it did not include Vancouver Island) with land held by the United Kingdom.
By 1842, President John Tyler of Virginia began expressing interest in Texas again. Houston and Jones knew annexation was not assured. Both worked to maintain healthy trade relations with Europe ...
Occupied by a foreign power, [25] [o] with de facto partial annexation in the West Bank [3] Gaza Strip [p] — Golan Heights [32] [33] [34] Syria: Part of the Northern District (effectively annexed in 1981) Occupied and annexed by a foreign power [3] [23] [q] Recognized by only the United States as part of Israel. [35] Parts of Southern Syria ...
In the coming Nazi New Order, other lands were considered for annexation sooner or later, for instance North Schleswig, German-speaking Switzerland, and the zone of intended German settlement in north-eastern France, where a Gau or a Reichskommissariat centred on Burgundy was intended for creation, and which Heinrich Himmler wanted to turn into ...
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)
1919–1922 — The Treaty of Versailles divides Germany's African colonies into mandates of the victors (which largely become new colonies of the victors). Most of Cameroon becomes a French mandate with a small portion taken by the British and some territory incorporated into France's previously existing colonies; Togo is mostly taken by the British, though the French gain a slim portion ...