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At that time, there were 7 territories in the United States. These were the New Mexico, Washington, Utah, Nebraska, Kansas, Unorganized Oklahoma, and Unorganized Dakota Territories.
No. There are 50. One for each state in the union. There is a rumor circulating that other stars have been added for various US Territories, but those rumors are untrue.
Nope. Hawaii is the 50th state. There are territories owned by the US that can become states, Puerto Rico the most notable.
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People born in US territories become citizens of the US. When the US western border stretched from the Mississippi River to the California coast, new Americans born in those territories added to the "citizen population".
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Nothing: the US took those territories by the means of war.
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There were large regions of land added to the United States called territories. One was The Louisiana Purchase. The other was Alaska.
In order to make money in Pacific territories and nations.
In order to make money in Pacific territories and nations.
The US has many possessions in the Pacific, one well known one is Hawaii, a US state added in 1959, but there are other Pacific territories. Unincorporated Organized Territories Unincorporated territories are territories where the US Constitution doesn’t automatically apply. Organized territories are territories that are self-governing to a degree. They are… Guam Northern Mariana Islands Unincorporated Unorganized Territories Unincorporated territories are territories where the US Constitution doesn’t automatically apply. Unorganized territories are territories that are not self-governing. They are… Howland Island Wake Island Jarvis Island Johnston Atoll Kingman Reef Midway Reef American Samoa (It has an organized government, but Congress hasn’t updated American Samoa yet) Incorporated Unorganized Territories Incorporated territories are territories where the US Constitution automatically applies. Unorganized territories are territories that are not self-governing. Palmyra Atoll Freely Associated Countries These are independent countries, and are recognized as such, but there in a deal with the US, where the US defends, and economically supports these countries, in exchange for being allowed to build military bases. People from the US can live, and work in these countries, and people from these countries can live, and work in the US. Palau Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia
At that time, there were 7 territories in the United States. These were the New Mexico, Washington, Utah, Nebraska, Kansas, Unorganized Oklahoma, and Unorganized Dakota Territories.
It was in 1898 and the US added Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines as US Territories. Cuba was granted Independence with certain restrictions.