United States territory
Historically, all of the United States of America was originally the territory of a multitude of Native American Indian tribes/nations. However, the source of this situation goes back several centuries, and includes land taken from Native Americans by the Spanish, French, Russians, Dutch, Danish and British.
The current United States government was obviously not responsible for all of these cessions, since many took place under British rule. However, some Native Americans claim that the U.S. still illegally occupies some of their land, pointing to treaties that they say the United States later violated. (Some say the U.S. violated all treaties it signed with Indian tribes.[27])
The United States has had military forces in Japan and West Germany for several decades following its victory over those nations in World War II. This is also its stated goal for Iraq and Afghanistan, both of which are sovereign states.
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See also
- United States
- Federal enclave
- Political divisions of the United States
- Territorial evolution of the United States
- Territories of the United States
- Commonwealth (United States insular area)
- History of United States continental expansion
- History of United States overseas expansion
- The John F. Kennedy Memorial built at Runnymede in the UK is part of the U.S. territory.
- Mellander, Gustavo A.; Nelly Maldonado Mellander (1999). Charles Edward Magoon: The Panama Years. Río Piedras, Puerto Rico: Editorial Plaza Mayor. ISBN 1563281554. OCLC 42970390.
- Mellander, Gustavo A. (1971). The United States in Panamanian Politics: The Intriguing Formative Years. Danville, Ill.: Interstate Publishers. OCLC 138568.
- Other
- Airspace (Controlled airspace and Uncontrolled airspace)
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
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References
- Citations and notes
- ^ a b Hurd, J. C. (1968). The law of freedom and bondage in the United States. New York: Negro Universities Press.Page 438-439.
- ^ McLaughlin, A. C., & Hart, A. B. (1914). Cyclopedia of American government. New York: D. Appleton and Co. Page 209.
- ^ Smith, R. W. (1986). Exclusive economic zone claims: an analysis and primary documents. Dordrecht: M. Nijhoff. Page 467.
- ^ United States Constitution, Article Four
- ^ An example of this would be the Northwest Ordinance.
- ^ HOOVEN & ALLISON CO. V. EVATT, 324 U. S. 652 (1945) - US Supreme Court Cases from Justia & Oyez
- ^ U.S. Department of the Interior Home Page
- ^ Towle, N. C. (1861). A history and analysis of the Constitution of the United States. Boston: Little, Brown. Page 382-383.
- ^ Animated Map: Boundaries of the United States and the Several States
- ^ U.S. Census Bureau Geographic Areas Reference Manual
- ^ District of Columbia Home Rule Act of 1973
- ^ Definition of contiguous
- ^ Definitions of continental United States and contiguous United States as used by United Airlines.
- ^ Chronological List of Territories 1787-1890
- ^ Official Name and Status History of the several States and U.S. Territories
- ^ Indian Land Cessions in the United States, United States Digital Map Archives
- ^ Philippines - United States Rule. U.S. Library of Congress. Retrieved on 2006-08-22.
- ^ Philippines - A Collaborative Philippine Leadership. U.S. Library of Congress. Retrieved on 2006-08-22.
- ^ Treaty of Paris (1898)
- ^ Paul Carano and Pedro C. Sanchez, A Complete History of Guam (Rutland, VT: C. E. Tuttle, 1964)
- ^ Howard P Willens and Dirk A Ballendorf, The Secret Guam Study: How President Ford's 1975 Approval of Commonwealth Was Blocked by Federal Officials (Mangilao, Guam: Micronesian Area Research Center; Saipan: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Division of Historical Preservation, 2004)
- ^ FindLaw: Downes v. Bidwell, 182 U.S. 244 (1901) regarding the distinction between incorporated and unincorporated territories
- ^ FindLaw: People of Puerto Rico v. Shell Co., 302 U.S. 253 (1937) regarding application of U.S. law to organized but unincorporated territories
- ^ FindLaw: United States v. Standard Oil Company, 404 U.S. 558 (1972) regarding application of U.S. law to unorganized unincorporated territories
- ^ Office of Insular Affairs
- ^ Department of the Interior Definitions of Insular Area Political Types
- ^ Zinn, H. (1980). A people's history of the United States. New York: Harper & Row. Page 526.
- General information
McFerson, Hazel M. The Racial Dimension of American Overseas Colonial Policy. 1997. Greenwood Press.
- Willoughby, W. W., & Sachs, L. (1929). The constitutional law of the United States. New York: Baker, Voorhis.
- McLaughlin, A. C., & Hart, A. B. (1914). Cyclopedia of American government. New York: D. Appleton and Co.
- Lalor, J. J. (1881). Territory. Cyclopædia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States by the Best American and European Writers. New York: Maynard, Merrill, and Co., 1899.
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