List of U.S. colonial possessions
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The United States has from time to time in its history had several territories under its control in the same fashion as a colonial possession.
Ignoring areas that have now become states in the U.S., and those areas that due to warfare were held under temporary U.S. military command, these territories include:-
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[edit] Africa
Liberia (1821–1847)
[edit] Americas
Puerto Rico (1898-present)
Cuba (1898–1902)
Panama Canal Zone (1903–1979)
Rio Rico (1906–1977)
U.S. Virgin Islands (1917-present)
Kingdom of Hawaii (1898-present)
[edit] Asia
Ryukyu Islands (1945–1972)
Philippines (1898–1946)
Guam (1898-present)
[edit] Oceania
American Samoa (1899-present)
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1947–1994)
Marshall Islands (1944–1986)
Palau (1947–1994)
Federated States of Micronesia (1947–1986)
Northern Mariana Islands (1975-present) (has remained in U.S. control)
