While obtaining territory from another country would be an unusual move for a modern U.S. president, much of America’s states and territories today came through purchase or expansion.

It also excludes the places that are still territories of the United States—Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It was also ...

1846: Oregon territory When Britain and the United States signed the Oregon Treaty ... brief armed conflict – known as the Mexican-American War – the two countries signed the Treaty of ...

THE CONFEDERATE ARIZONA. A territory named Arizona was first laid out and organized by the Confederate States of America. On the 1st of March, 1861, the Territory was taken in charge by Lieut.

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Similarly, the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands maintain the same time throughout the year. For states and ...

Not all states and U.S. territories participate ... There are also five other U.S. territories that do not participate: American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin ...