Guam, a territory in the western Pacific Ocean, is the closest possession or protectorate to the United States. It is approximately 3,800 miles away from the west coast of the U.S., making it the closest geographically. Guam has been a U.S. territory since 1898 and plays a strategic role in U.S. military operations in the Asia-Pacific region.
Panama Canal zone and Alaska.
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.
Maine is the state in the United States that is closest to Europe. Specifically, the town of Lubec, Maine, is the closest point to Europe, being around 3,487 miles away from Iceland.
The west coast of the United States is closest to North Korea, specifically the states of Alaska and California.
The closest city to Mt. Hood in the United States is Government Camp, Oregon.
Guam
The closest U.S. protectorates are Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. These territories have varying degrees of self-governance but remain under U.S. sovereignty. Residents of these territories are U.S. citizens or nationals, yet they do not have full voting representation in Congress.
Panama Canal zone and Alaska.
Persons outside the United States and its protectorates are not protected by the United States Constitution
Panama Canal zone and Alaska.
No. The Commonwealth of Nations is composed of former British possessions, territories and protectorates. Puerto Rico was never a British colony and was never part of the Commonwealth of nations. Puerto Rico is a free associated state and commonwealth of the United States. In this case "commonwealth" is a territorial status and has nothing to do with the Commonwealth of nations or the United States Commonwealth states of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
The United States of America does not have provinces or the mechanism to create them. The United States does have territories and protectorates across the Caribbean and Pacific which are Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Marianna Islands.
Current possessions of the United States in the Pacific include three jurisdictions. They are Guam, the Mariannas and the Midway.
Florida
July 4th, 1776. Honestly I was looking for this answer in reality yet I'm answering it now, :P
The United States' strongest ally is Israel.
Puerto Rico is 2,288 miles from the United States and the closest protectorate.