List of U.S. colonial possessions

The following list of U.S. colonial possessions includes territory that the United States has from time to time in its history had under its control in a fashion similar to a colonial possession, ignoring areas that have now become U.S. states and those areas that due to warfare were held under temporary U.S. military command.

Africa

•  Liberia (1821–47) - Liberia was never officially claimed by the United States. Rather it was founded by the American Colonization Society, a private American civilian organization.

Asia

•  Philippines (1898–1946)
•  Japan
  • Nanpo Islands (1945–68)
  • Marcus Island (1945–68)
  •  Okinawa (1950–72)
    • Amami Islands (1950–53)

North America

•  Puerto Rico (1898–present)
•  Cuba (1899–1902)
•  Honduras
  • Swan Islands (1863–1972)
•  Panama (1989–90)
  •  Panama Canal Zone (1903–79)
•  Mexico
  • Río Rico, Tamaulipas (1906–77)
  •  Veracruz (1914)
•  Nicaragua (1912-1933)^[1]
  • Corn Islands (1914–71)
•  United States Virgin Islands (1916–present)
•  Dominican Republic (1916–24, 1965–66)
•  Haiti (1915–34)

Oceania

•  American Samoa (1899–present)
•  France
  •  French Polynesia
    • Nuku Hiva (1813–32) - The U.S. Navy claimed it as part of the United States, but U.S. Congress never ratified claims.
•  Guam (1898–present)
•  Kiribati
  • Canton and Enderbury Islands (1938–79)
  • Line Islands (?-1979)
  • Nikumaroro (1856–1979)
  • Phoenix Islands (?–1979)
•  Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1947–94)
  •  Marshall Islands (1944–86) (1986–present as an associated state)
  •  Palau (1947–94) (1994–present as an associated state)
  •  Federated States of Micronesia (1947–86) (1986–present as an associated state)
  •  Northern Mariana Islands (1975–present)
•  Cook Islands ( New Zealand)
  • Pukapuka (1942–80)
  • Rakahanga (?–1980)

South America

•  Colombia
  • Quita Sueño Bank (1869–1981)
  • Roncador Bank (1856–1981)
  • Serrana Bank (?–1981)
•  France
  •  French Guiana
    • Îles du Connétable (1856–1915)
•  United Kingdom
  • Falkland Islands (1831–32)

See also

• Territories of the United States

References

1. "US violence for a century: Nicaragua: 1912–33". Socialist Worker. Retrieved 2007-08-21.

External links

• http://worldstatesmen.org/COLONIES.html