That’s the “logo map” of the country ... In going to war with Spain and claiming some of Spain’s territories after its defeat, the United States starts incorporating places with very ...

The chiefs of the largest island in American Samoa ceded the island to the United States in 1900, marking the beginning of its status as a U.S. territory. While residents of other U.S. territories ...

More than a century after being acquired by the United States from Spain, the island continues to grapple with its status as a U.S. territory and the legacy of colonialism in the Caribbean.

Since, that is, before there was a United States of America. You can see that name used on old maps, like one produced ... ring — that covers a lot of territory. “The Gulf of America, what ...

As competition for resources in the Arctic Ocean intensifies, nations are staking claims to swaths of undersea territory where oil, gas, and other minerals could someday be found and mined.

US Commonwealth territories The question of commonwealths becomes a bit more complicated when we move beyond the continental United States to look at a few of its island territories. The US has ...