American history

Former American colonial possessions

The following areas have at one time or another been under the control of the United States of America and have not been fully incorporated into the country as states.

• American Samoa (1900-)
  
  
• Cuba (1899-1902) (now independent; however, Guantanamo Bay remains under the control of the U.S. military)
  
  
• Dominican Republic ( occupied 1916-1924) (now independent)
  
  
• Guam (1898-)
  
  
• Haiti (occupied 1915-1934)
  
  
• Liberia (occupied by proxy of the American Colonization Society 1820-1847, now independent)
  
  
• Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1944-1990) (now comprising the independent states of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; as well as one US commonwealth — the Northern Mariana Islands)
  
  
• Panama Canal Zone (1903-1979) (now part of Panama)
  
  
• Philippines (1898-1946) (now independent)
  
  
• Puerto Rico (1898-1952) (now a US commonwealth)
  
  
• U.S. Virgin Islands (1917-)