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Summary

Map showing date of independence of country in the Americas. Black shows areas not yet independent.

Uses current boundaries, which may not correspond with the historical boundary of the country when it became independent. For example the United States was composed of 13 states on the East Coast when it became independent and did not reach its full continental extant until 1867 with the .

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:23, 11 May 2019	862 × 1,270 (74 KB)	Foghe	Removed Labrador border; only current international borders.
	03:32, 25 April 2019	862 × 1,270 (44 KB)	Marcomogollon	I add disputed territory between Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
	23:11, 3 October 2011	862 × 1,270 (68 KB)	Lemonade100	Added some current dependent territories and re-coded Canada - gained sovereignty in 1939 and full independence in 1982.
	18:35, 9 November 2010	862 × 1,270 (38 KB)	Minnecologies	Fixed error in northern Canada
	17:25, 9 November 2010	862 × 1,270 (38 KB)	Minnecologies	Filled in Pacific Northwest Added Saint Pierre and Miquelon Updated the boundaries of Gran Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru Changed color scheme to straight ROYGBIV
	06:32, 20 August 2007	862 × 1,270 (61 KB)	AlexCovarrubias	Mexico independence year is 1810
	00:48, 7 December 2006	862 × 1,270 (49 KB)	Roke~commonswiki	include colonies
	12:48, 22 March 2006	862 × 1,270 (63 KB)	Roke~commonswiki	Map showing date of independence of country in the Americas Category: America