The possession closest to the United States is Puerto Rico, located in the Caribbean Sea. It has been a U.S. territory since the Spanish-American War in 1898 and is situated approximately 1,000 miles southeast of Florida. Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, but the territory does not have the same level of representation in Congress as the states.
Puerto Rico.
No. Alabama is a US state, not a US protectorate.
The US and Cuban relationship has always had a degree of strain. The idea behind the protectorate notion was to keep communist ideas in check.
Actually is was Cuba.
Before 1900, the U.S. possession farthest from its mainland was Guam, located in the western Pacific Ocean. Acquired from Spain as part of the Treaty of Paris in 1898, Guam is about 3,700 miles from the U.S. West Coast. Its strategic location made it significant for military and trade purposes, especially as the U.S. expanded its influence in the Pacific.
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either philipines or Guam
Hawaii
The possession or protectorate that is closest to the United States is Washington, D.C. The D.C. stands for District of Columbia, which is actually a protectorate of the United States. The next closest is Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico.
Guam is the farthest possession/protectorate from the United States, located in the western Pacific Ocean, about 6,000 miles away from the mainland.
The possession or protectorate that is closest to the United States is the District of Columbia. The District of Columbia is the area where the White House is located in Washington, D.C. It is located near Maryland.
No. Alabama is a US state, not a US protectorate.
Egypt (it was actually a protectorate, but it was the northernmost British African Colony)
Wake Island
apperentilly america itself but im not 100 percent confindent