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The Cook Islands became a protectorate of the United Kingdom, thus initiating a claim on the atolls of Manihiki, Penrhyn, Pukapuka, and Rakahanga. [270] Pacific Ocean: May 29, 1889 Washington Island was annexed by the United Kingdom; it appears the island was no longer claimed by the United States after this. [310] Pacific Ocean: June 3, 1889
The Southern U.S. experienced rapid industrialization after World War II, and is now over three-quarters urban, having almost the same urban percentage in 2010 as the Midwestern United States. [2] Just four U.S. states (out of fifty) have a rural majority today, and even some of these states (such as Mississippi) are continuing to urbanize ...
Central Park, one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, [1] is surrounded by the skyscrapers of Manhattan in New York City.. An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and other incorporated places that ...
The history of cartography of the United States begins in the 18th century, after the declared independence of the original Thirteen Colonies on July 4, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). Later, Samuel Augustus Mitchell published a map of the United States in 1850. The National Program for Topographic Mapping was ...
White River State Park. Indianapolis This urban state park, one of the nation's largest, brings 250 acres of green space, seven major attractions, and a scenic canal into the heart of downtown.
American urban history is a branch of the history of the United States and of the broader field of Urban history. That field of history examines the historical development of cities and towns, and the process of urbanization .
Twisting through the American city of Boston, the Freedom Trail isn’t long, but links so many must-see locations where modern America began that you’ll need more than a day to do it justice.
The Reconstruction era was a period in American history following the American Civil War and lasting until approximately the Compromise of 1877. During Reconstruction, attempts were made to rebuild the country after the bloody Civil War, bring the former Confederate states back into the United States , and to counteract the political, social ...