New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Texas.
Certainly not. France is a sovereign European country with a long history . Much of the present day United States was once a territory of France.
The state of Louisiana was once part of the Louisiana Territory. Other states that were once part of the Louisiana Territory are Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado. North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Montana are the other states that were once part of the Louisiana Territory.
Hawaii and Texas
Texas was once a country known as the Republic of Texas before it joined the United States in 1845.
Many states do not include land once part of the Republic of Texas.
Sitka, Alaska
There are fifteen US states that were wholly or in part part of french colonies. These states were part of the Louisiana territory that the US purchased in 1804 from the French government. The current states that once had territory in the Louisiana territory include: Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, Texas, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado.
Texas was (1836-1846)
Texas never moved, I believe the Question is "To which Nation was Texas a part before it became part of the U.S." that answer would be Mexico
There were three actually. There was the Republic of Vermont, the Republic of California, and the Republic of Texas (which is the most well known). That was Texas. They seceded from Mexico and, for a short time, were independent people. Once America overcame their problem with accepting Texas (they didn't want to anger Mexico, since they still laid clame to the territory) they sent troops to Texas and provoked the Mexican people to attack them. Hawaii was an independent nation before becoming a territory of the United States and later becoming a state.
The group of four volcanic islands that were once a French territory is called Micronesia. They are made up of four states including Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae.
Texas, which was once part of Mexico, and became the Republic of Texas from 1836-1845. It was annexed and became a State of the United States on December 29, 1845.