Puerto Rico and.... the other escapes me.
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
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During the Civil War, the U.S. territories included the Dakota Territory, Nebraska Territory, Kansas Territory, Colorado Territory, New Mexico Territory, Utah Territory, and Washington Territory. Additionally, the Arizona Territory was created in 1863, during the war. These territories were not states and had varying degrees of governance and population.
indiana,olleans,illinois,mississippi,georgia,texasthe District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands and Guam
territories
Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut
Northwest Territories, Yukon Territory, and Nunavut.
No US states are in the Atlantic time zone. The only parts of the US in the Atlantic zone are the territories of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
No there isn't any more US territories that still exists.
Northwest Territories and Nunavut
Northwest Territories and Nunavut
No.
It is a piece of land that is not a state but is under the US's authority. People born there are US citizens and can travel to the US mainland. Guam, Puerto, Rico and Wake Island are examples of US territories Hawaii and Alaska were territories before they were states.
There are 12 schedules and 395 articles. In the FIRST schedule India lists the names of states and their territories.
Territories do not have US Senate Representation or a voting member in the US House.
For the most part they bought the territories. This allows the US to expand to other parts of the world.
It made it that the US government had direct control over territories.