The US gained the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico from Spain as a result of the Spanish-American War. The US also occupied Cuba, although Cuba was announced independent.
Yes, such was part of the treaty which ended the Spanish-American War.
The 1898 Treaty of Paris ceded control of several territories to the United States following the Spanish-American War. These territories included Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. Additionally, the treaty marked the end of Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and signaled the emergence of the U.S. as an imperial power.
The desire for world domination is the primary reason for United States interests in overseas territories.
Guam and Puerto Rico remain US Territories.
new territories for the US
The North American Continent (except for Hawaii, Puerto Rico, other US territories and protectorates)
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.
Nicaragua and Panama
The Republic of El Salvador is an independent sovereign Central American nation. United States territories and protectorates include the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Marianas. and the Midway Islands.
In addition to the State of Hawai'i, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is an island, as are the territories of the American Virgin Islands, and protectorates (Guam, Marshall Islands, etc) and millions of other islands.
Yes, such was part of the treaty which ended the Spanish-American War.
The 1898 Treaty of Paris ceded control of several territories to the United States following the Spanish-American War. These territories included Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. Additionally, the treaty marked the end of Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and signaled the emergence of the U.S. as an imperial power.
Ever since the territories were set up in the Americas. Spanish/French/British North American territories provided resources for homeland countries for trade. However official trade with North American nations started when the United States gained independence.
African communities were not devastated by European diseases as American communities were.
Imperialism: He supported American control of territories
The extension of slavery into territories acquired from mexico
Nowadays, the only French possession in the Americas is the French Guiana, in South America.