List of U.S. colonial possessions

The United States has from time to time in its history had several territories under its control in the same fashion as a colonial possession.

Ignoring areas that have now become states in the U.S., and those areas that due to warfare were held under temporary U.S. military command, these territories include:-

Africa

•  Liberia (1821–1847) - Liberia was never officially colonized or claimed directly by the United States. It was founded by the ACS (American Colonization Society), a private American civilian organization.

Asia

•  Philippines (1898–1946)
•  Japan
  • Nanpo Islands (1945-1968)
  • Marcus Island (1945-1968)
  •  Okinawa (1950-1972)
    • Amami Islands (1950-1953)

North America

•  Puerto Rico (1898–present)
•  Cuba (1899-1902)
•  Honduras
  • Swan Islands (1863-1972)
•  Panama (1989-1990)
  •  Panama Canal Zone (1903-1979)
•  Mexico
  • Río Rico, Tamaulipas (1906-1977)
  •  Veracruz (1914-1914)
•  Nicaragua
  • Corn Islands (1914-1971)
•  United States Virgin Islands (1916–present)
•  Dominican Republic (1916-1924 1965-1966)
•  Haiti (1915-1934)

Oceania

•  American Samoa (1899–present)
•  France
  •  French Polynesia
    • Nuku Hiva (1813-1832) - 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 (1938-1979)
  • Line Islands (?-1979)
  • Nikumaroro (1856-1979)
  • Phoenix Islands (?-1979)
•  Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1947–1994)
  •  Marshall Islands (1944–1986) (1986–present as an associated state)
  •  Palau (1947–1994) (1994–present as an associated state)
  •  Federated States of Micronesia (1947–1986) (1986–present as an associated state)
  •  Northern Mariana Islands (1975–present)
•  Cook Islands ( New Zealand)
  • Pukapuka (1942-1980)
  • Rakahanga (?-1980)

South America

•  Colombia
  • Quita Sueño Bank (1869-1981)
  • Roncador Bank (1856-1981)
  • Serrana Bank (?-1981)
•  France
  •  French Guiana
    • Îles du Connétable (1856-?)
•  United Kingdom
  •  Falkland Islands (1831-1832)

See also

• Territories of the United States

External links

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