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before
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1510
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1520
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1530
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1540
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1560
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1570
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1580
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1590
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1600
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1610
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1620
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1630
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1640
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1650
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1660
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1670
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1680
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1690
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1700
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1710
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1720
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1730
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1740
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1760
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1770
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1780
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1790
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1800
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1810
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1820
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1830
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1840
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1850
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1860
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1870
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1880
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1890
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1900
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1910
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1920
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1930
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1940
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1950
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1960
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1970
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1980
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1990
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Island Caribs
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1632
Antigua (
England)
[1]
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1671
British Leeward Islands (
England)
[1]
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1816
Antigua-Barbuda-Montserrat (
UK)
[1]
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1833
British Leeward Islands (
UK)
[1]
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1958
West Indies Federation (
UK)
[1]
[2]
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1962
Antigua and Barbuda (
UK)
[1]
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1981
Antigua and Barbuda
[1]
[3]
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Island Caribs
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1666
Barbuda (
UK)
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Bahamas
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Lucayan people
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1513 Deserted
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1649
Eleutheran Adventurers
[4]
[5]
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1670
Province of Carolina (
England)
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1718
Colony of the Bahamas (
UK)
[5]
|
1973
Bahamas
[5]
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Barbados
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Island Caribs
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Uninhabited
|
1625
Colony of Barbados (
England)
[6]
|
1958
West Indies Federation (
UK)
[2]
[6]
|
1962
Barbados (
UK)
[6]
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1966
Barbados
[6]
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Belize
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Pre-Columbian Belize
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1524
New Spain (
Spain)
[7]
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1742
Colony of Jamaica (
UK)
[7]
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1862
British Honduras (
UK)
[7]
[8]
|
1981
Belize
[7]
[8]
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Canada
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Alberta
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First Nations
|
1670
Rupert's Land (
UK)
|
1870
Northwest Territories (
Canada)
|
1905
Alberta (
Canada)
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British Columbia
|
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
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Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
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Colony of British Columbia 1858 (
UK)
[9]
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Colony of British Columbia 1866 (
UK)
|
1871
British Columbia (
Canada)
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Colony of Vancouver Island 1849 (
UK)
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Manitoba
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First Nations
|
1670
Rupert's Land (
UK)
|
1870
Manitoba (
Canada)
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New Brunswick
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First Nations
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1605
Acadia (
France)
[10]
|
1713
Nova Scotia (
UK)
[10]
|
1784
New Brunswick (
UK)
[11]
|
1867
New Brunswick (
Canada)
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Newfoundland and Labrador
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Beothuk
|
1610
Newfoundland Colony (
UK)
|
1907
Dominion of Newfoundland (
UK)
|
1949
Newfoundland and Labrador (
Canada)
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Nova Scotia
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Mi'kmaq
|
1605
Acadia (
France)
[10]
|
1713
Nova Scotia (
UK)
|
1867
Nova Scotia (
Canada)
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Ontario
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Aboriginal Canadians
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1534
Canada (
France)
|
1763
Province of Quebec (
UK)
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Upper Canada (
UK)
|
Province of Canada (
UK)
|
1867
Ontario (
Canada)
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Prince Edward Island
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Mi’kmaq
[12]
|
1720
Isle Saint-Jean (
France)
[12]
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1763
Nova Scotia (
UK)
[12]
|
1769
Prince Edward Island (
UK)
[12]
|
1873
Prince Edward Island (
Canada)
[12]
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Quebec
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Aboriginal Canadians
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1534
Canada (
France)
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1763
Province of Quebec (
UK)
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1791
Lower Canada (
UK)
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1841
Province of Canada (
UK)
|
1867
Quebec (
Canada)
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Saskatchewan
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First Nations
|
1670
Rupert's Land (
UK)
|
1870
Northwest Territories (
Canada)
|
1905
Saskatchewan (
Canada)
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Northwest Territories
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Aboriginal Canadians
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North-Western Territory (
UK)
|
1870
Northwest Territories (
Canada)
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Nunavut
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Inuit
|
1670
Rupert's Land (
UK)
|
1870
Northwest Territories (
Canada)
|
1876
District of Keewatin (
Canada)
|
1905
Northwest Territories (
Canada)
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1999
Nunavut (
Canada)
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Yukon
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Aboriginal Canadians
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North-Western Territory (
UK)
|
1870
Northwest Territories (
Canada)
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1898
Yukon (
Canada)
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Costa Rica
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Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica
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1540
New Spain (
Spain)
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1821
First Mexican Empire
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1823
Costa Rica (
Federal Republic of Central America)
[13]
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1838
Costa Rica
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Cuba
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Guanajatabey,
Taíno and
Ciboney
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1511
Governorate of Cuba (
Spain)
|
1519
New Spain (
Spain)
|
1821
Captaincy General of Cuba (
Spain)
|
1898
US Military Government (
USA)
|
1902
Republic of Cuba
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Dominica
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Island Caribs
|
1727
Dominica (
France)
|
1761
Dominica (
UK)
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1778
Dominica (
France)
|
1783
Dominica (
UK)
|
1833
British Leeward Islands (
UK)
|
1940
British Windward Islands (
UK)
|
1958
West Indies Federation (
UK)
|
1962
Dominica (
UK)
|
1978
Dominica
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Dominican Republic
|
Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (
Spain)
|
1795
Saint-Domingue (
France)
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1809
España Boba (
Spain)
|
1821
Republic of Spanish Haiti
|
1822
Department of Ozama and Cibao (
Haiti)
|
1844
Dominican Republic
|
1861
Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic (Spain)
|
1865
Dominican Republic
|
1916
Dominican Republic (
USA)
|
1924
Dominican Republic
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El Salvador
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Cuzcatlan
|
1525
New Spain (
Spain)
|
1821
First Mexican Empire
|
1823
El Salvador (
Federal Republic of Central America)
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1841
El Salvador
|
1896
Greater Republic of Central America
|
1898
El Salvador
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Grenada
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Island Caribs
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1649
French Antilles (
France)
|
1762
British Grenada (
UK)
|
1779
Grenada (
France)
|
1783
British Grenada (
UK)
|
1833
British Windward Islands (
UK)
|
1958
West Indies Federation (
UK)
|
1962
Grenada (
UK)
|
1974
Grenada
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Guatemala
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Mayans
|
1521
New Spain (
Spain)
|
1821
First Mexican Empire
|
1823
Guatemala (
Federal Republic of Central America)
|
1841
Guatemala
|
Haiti
|
Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (
Spain)
[14]
[15]
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1625
Saint-Domingue (
France)
|
1804
Haiti
[14]
[15]
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Honduras
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Pre-Columbian Honduras
|
1525
New Spain (
Spain)
|
1821
Honduras (
Mexico)
|
1823
Honduras (
Federal Republic of Central America)
|
1840
Honduras
|
Jamaica
|
Pre-Columbian Jamaica
|
1509
Colony of Santiago (
Spain)
[16]
|
1655
Colony of Jamaica (
England)
[16]
|
1958
West Indies Federation (
UK)
[16]
|
1962
Jamaica
[16]
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Mexico
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Aztec Empire
[17]
|
1521
New Spain (
Spain)
[17]
|
1821
Mexico
[17]
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Nicaragua
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Pre-Columbian Nicaragua
|
1520
New Spain (
Spain)
|
1821
Mexican Empire
|
1823
Nicaragua (
Federal Republic of Central America)
|
1838
Nicaragua
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Panama
|
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
|
1510
Province of Tierra Firme (
Spain)
|
1542
Viceroyalty of Peru (
Spain)
|
1717
Viceroyalty of New Granada (
Spain)
|
1821
Gran Colombia
|
1831
Republic of New Granada
|
1858
Granadine Confederation
|
1863
United States of Columbia
|
1886
Republic of Columbia
|
1903
Panama
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
Arawaks and
Island Caribs
|
1623
Saint Christopher (
England)
[18]
|
1671
British Leeward Islands (
UK)
[18]
|
1816
Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (
UK)
[18]
|
1833
British Leeward Islands (
UK)
[18]
|
1958
West Indies Federation (
UK)
[18]
|
1962
Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (
UK)
[18]
|
1983
Saint Kitts and Nevis
[18]
|
Arawaks and
Island Caribs
|
1628
Colony of Barbados (
England)
[18]
|
1983
Nevis (
Saint Kitts and Nevis)
[18]
|
Saint Lucia
|
Island Caribs
|
|
1833
British Windward Islands (
UK)
|
1958
West Indies Federation (
UK)
|
1962
Saint Lucia (
UK)
|
1979
Saint Lucia
[19]
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Island Caribs
|
1719 Saint Vincent (
France)
|
1763 Saint Vincent (
UK)
|
1779
Saint Vincent (
France)
|
1783 Saint Vincent (
UK)
|
1833
British Windward Islands (
UK)
|
1958
West Indies Federation (
UK)
|
1962
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (
UK)
|
1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
Arawak and
Island Caribs
|
1797
Trinidad (
UK)
|
1889
British Trinidad and Tobago (
UK)
|
1958
West Indies Federation (
UK)
|
1962
Trinidad and Tobago
|
Arawak and
Island Caribs
|
1628
Nieuw-Walcheren (
Netherlands)
[20]
|
1637
Neu-Kurland (
Poland-Lithuania)
[20]
|
Arawak and
Island Caribs
[20]
|
1654
Nieuw-Walcheren (
Netherlands)
[20]
|
1677
Trinidad (
France)
[20]
|
1797
Tobago (
UK)
|
United States
|
Alabama
|
Native Americans
|
Mississippi Territory 1798 (
USA)
|
Alabama Territory 1817 (
USA)
|
1819
Alabama (
USA)
|
1861
Alabama (
CSA)
|
1865
Alabama (
USA)
|
Alaska
|
Alaskan Natives
|
1799
Russian America (
Russia)
|
1867
Department of Alaska (
USA)
[21]
|
1884
District of Alaska (
USA)
[21]
|
1912
Territory of Alaska (
USA)
[21]
|
1959
Alaska (
USA)
[21]
|
Arizona
|
Native Americans
|
1768
The Californias (
Spain)
|
1805
Alta California (
Spain)
|
1822 Alta California Territory (
Mexico)
|
1846
U.S. provisional government of New Mexico
|
1850
New Mexico Territory (
USA)
|
1863
Arizona Territory (
USA)
|
1912
Arizona (
USA)
|
Arkansas
|
Native Americans
|
1682
Louisiana (
France)
|
1762
Louisiana (
Spain)
|
1802
Louisiana (
France)
|
1805
Louisiana Territory (
USA)
|
1812
Missouri Territory (
USA)
|
1819
Arkansas Territory (
USA)
|
1836
Arkansas (
USA)
|
1861
Arkansas (
CSA)
|
1865
Arkansas (
USA)
|
California
[notes 1]
|
Native Americans
|
1768
The Californias (
Spain)
|
1805
Alta California (
Spain)
|
1822 Alta California Territory (
Mexico)
|
1846
United States military occupation (
USA)
|
1850
California (
USA)
|
Colorado
|
Native Americans
|
1836
Republic of Texas
|
1845
Texas (
USA)
|
1850 Unorganised territory (
USA)
[notes 2]
|
1854
Kansas Territory
[notes 3] (
USA)
|
1861
Colorado Territory (
USA)
|
1876
Colorado (
USA)
|
Connecticut
|
Native Americans
|
1636
Connecticut Colony (
England)
|
1686
Dominion of New England (
England)
|
1689
Connecticut Colony (
England)
|
1776
Connecticut (
USA)
|
Delaware
|
Native Americans
|
1638
New Sweden (
Sweden)
|
1655
New Netherland (
Dutch Republic)
|
1664
Delaware Colony (
UK)
|
1776
Delaware (
USA)
|
Florida
|
Native Americans
|
1513
Spanish Florida (
Spain)
|
1763
East Florida (
UK)
|
1783
Spanish Florida (
Spain)
|
1822
Florida Territory (
USA)
|
1845
Florida (
USA)
|
1861
Florida (
CSA)
|
1865
Florida (
USA)
|
Georgia
|
Native Americans
|
1732
Province of Georgia (
UK)
|
1777
Georgia (
USA)
|
1861
Georgia (
CSA)
|
1865
Georgia (
USA)
|
Idaho
|
Native Americans
|
1818
Oregon Country/
Columbia District (
USA/
UK)
|
1843
Provisional Government of Oregon
|
1848
Oregon Territory (
USA)
|
1853
Washington Territory (
USA)
|
1890
Idaho (
USA)
|
Illinois
|
Native Americans
|
1534
Canada (
France)
|
1763
Province of Quebec (
UK)
|
1787
Northwest Territory (
USA)
|
1800
Indiana Territory (
USA)
|
1809
Illinois Territory (
USA)
|
1818
Illinois (
USA)
|
Indiana
|
Native Americans
|
1534
Canada (
France)
|
1763
Province of Quebec (
UK)
|
1787
Northwest Territory (
USA)
|
1800
Indiana Territory (
USA)
|
1816
Indiana (
USA)
|
Iowa
|
Native Americans
|
1534
Canada (
France)
|
1763
Province of Quebec (
UK)
|
1787
Northwest Territory (
USA)
|
1800
Indiana Territory (
USA)
|
1805
Michigan Territory (
USA)
|
1836
Wisconsin Territory (
USA)
|
1838
Iowa Territory (
USA)
|
1846
Iowa (
USA)
|
Kansas
|
Native Americans
|
1803
Louisiana Purchase (
USA)
|
1805
Louisiana Territory (
USA)
|
1812
Missouri Territory (
USA)
|
1821
Unorganized territory (
USA)
|
1854
Kansas Territory (
USA)
|
1861
Kansas (
USA)
|
Kentucky
|
Virginia Indians
|
1607
Colony of Virginia (
UK)
|
Virginia 1776 (
USA)
|
Kentucky 1792 (
USA)
|
Louisiana
|
Native Americans
|
1682
Louisiana (
France)
|
1762
Louisiana (
Spain)
|
1803
Louisiana Purchase (
USA)
|
1804
Territory of Orleans (
USA)
|
1812
Louisiana (
USA)
|
Maine
|
Native Americans
|
Massachusetts Bay Colony 1652 (
UK)
|
Dominion of New England 1686 (
UK)
|
Massachusetts Bay Colony 1689 (
UK)
|
Province of Massachusetts Bay 1692 (
UK)
|
1776
Massachusetts (
USA)
|
1820
Maine (
USA)
|
Maryland
|
Native Americans
|
Province of Maryland 1632 (
UK)
|
Maryland 1776 (
USA)
|
Massachusetts
|
Native Americans
|
Massachusetts Bay Colony 1628 (
UK)
|
Dominion of New England 1686 (
UK)
|
Massachusetts Bay Colony 1689 (
UK)
|
Province of Massachusetts Bay 1692 (
UK)
|
Massachusetts 1776 (
USA)
|
Native Americans
|
Plymouth Colony 1620 (
UK)
|
Plymouth Colony 1689 (
UK)
|
Michigan
|
Native Americans
|
1534
Canada (
France)
|
1763
Province of Quebec (
UK)
|
1787
Northwest Territory (
USA)
|
1800
Indiana Territory (
USA)
|
1805
Michigan Territory (
USA)
|
1837
Michigan (
USA)
|
Minnesota
|
Native Americans
|
1803
Louisiana Purchase (
USA)
|
1805
Louisiana Territory (
USA)
|
1812
Missouri Territory (
USA)
|
1821
Unorganized territory (
USA)
|
1834
Michigan Territory (
USA)
|
1836
Wisconsin Territory (
USA)
|
1838
Iowa Territory (
USA)
|
1846
Unorganized territory (
USA)
|
1849
Minnesota Territory (
USA)
|
1858
Minnesota (
USA)
|
Mississippi
|
Native Americans
|
1732
Province of Georgia (
UK)
|
1777
Georgia (
USA)
|
1798
Mississippi Territory (
USA)
|
1817
Mississippi (
USA)
|
1861
Mississippi (
CSA)
|
1863|
Mississippi (
USA)
|
Missouri
|
Native Americans
|
1803
Louisiana Purchase (
USA)
|
1805
Louisiana Territory (
USA)
|
1812
Missouri Territory (
USA)
|
1821
Missouri (
USA)
|
Montana
|
Native Americans
|
1803
Louisiana Purchase (
USA)
|
1805
Louisiana Territory (
USA)
|
1812
Missouri Territory (
USA)
|
1821
Unorganized territory (
USA)
|
1854
Nebraska Territory (
USA)
|
1861
Dakota Territory (
USA)
|
1863
Idaho Territory (
USA)
|
1864
Territory of Montana (
USA)
[22]
|
1889
Montana (
USA)
|
Nebraska
|
Native Americans
|
1682
Louisiana (
France)
|
1762
Louisiana (
Spain)
|
1802
Louisiana (
France)
|
1805
Louisiana Territory (
USA)
|
1812
Missouri Territory (
USA)
|
1821
Unorganized territory (
USA)
|
1854
Nebraska Territory (
USA)
|
1867
Nebraska (
USA)
|
Nevada
|
Native Americans
|
1768
New Spain (
Spain)
|
1821
Alta California (
Mexico)
|
1848
Mexican Cession (
USA)
|
1850
Utah Territory (
USA)
|
1861
Nevada Territory (
USA)
|
1864
Nevada (
USA)
|
New Hampshire
|
Native Americans
|
1622
Province of Maine (
UK)
|
Province of New Hampshire (
UK)
|
1641
Massachusetts Bay Colony (
UK)
|
1680
Province of New Hampshire (
UK)
|
1686
Dominion of New England (
UK)
|
1689
Province of New Hampshire (
UK)
|
1776
New Hampshire (
USA)
|
New Jersey
|
Native Americans
|
1630
New Netherland (
Dutch Republic)
|
1655
New Netherland (
Dutch Republic)
|
1664
Province of New Jersey (
UK)
|
1674
East Jersey (
UK)
|
1702
Province of New Jersey (
UK)
|
1776
New Jersey (
USA)
|
Native Americans
|
1638
New Sweden (
Sweden)
|
1674
West Jersey (
UK)
|
New Mexico
|
Native Americans
|
1598
Santa Fe de Nuevo México (
Spanish Empire and
New Spain)
|
1821
Santa Fe de Nuevo México (
Mexico)
|
1846
U.S. provisional government of New Mexico (
USA)
|
1850
New Mexico Territory (
USA)
|
1912
New Mexico (
USA)
|
New York
|
Native Americans
|
1614
New Netherland (
Dutch Republic)
|
1667
Province of New York (
UK)
|
1673
New Netherland (
Dutch Republic)
|
1674
Province of New York (
UK)
|
1776
New York (
USA)
|
North Carolina
|
Native Americans
|
1585
Roanoke Colony (
UK)
|
Native Americans
|
1609
Colony of Virginia (
UK)
|
1629
Province of Carolina (
UK)
|
1710
Province of North Carolina (
UK)
|
1776
North Carolina (
USA)
|
1861
North Carolina (
CSA)
|
1865
North Carolina (
USA)
|
North Dakota
|
Native Americans
|
1833
Michigan Territory (
USA)
|
1836
Wisconsin Territory (
USA)
|
1838
Iowa Territory (
USA)
|
1846
Unorganized territory (
USA)
|
1849
Minnesota Territory (
USA)
|
1858
Unorganized territory (
USA)
|
1861
Dakota Territory (
USA)
|
1889
North Dakota (
USA)
|
Ohio
|
Native Americans
|
1534
Canada (
France)
|
1763
Province of Quebec (
UK)
|
1783
Northwest Territory (
USA)
|
1803
Ohio (
USA)
|
Oklahoma
|
Native Americans
|
1682
Louisiana (
France)
|
1762
Louisiana (
Spain)
|
1803
Louisiana Purchase (
USA)
|
1804
Louisiana Territory (
USA)
|
1812
Missouri Territory (
USA)
|
1819
Arkansas Territory (
USA)
|
1824
Unorganized territory (
USA)
|
1834
Indian Territory (
USA)
|
1890
Indian Territory (
USA)
|
1907
Oklahoma (
USA)
|
1890
Oklahoma Territory (
USA)
|
Oregon
|
Native Americans
|
1818
Oregon Country/
Columbia District (
USA/
UK)
|
1843
Provisional Government of Oregon (
USA)
|
1848
Oregon Territory (
USA)
|
1859
Oregon (
USA)
|
Pennsylvania
|
Native Americans
|
1681
Province of Pennsylvania (
England)
|
1776
Pennsylvania (
USA)
|
Rhode Island
|
Native Americans
|
1636
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (
UK)
|
1776
Rhode Island (
USA)
|
South Carolina
|
Native Americans
|
1629
Province of Carolina (
UK)
|
1712
Province of South Carolina (
UK)
|
1776
South Carolina (
USA)
|
1861
South Carolina (
CSA)
|
1865
South Carolina (
USA)
|
South Dakota
|
Native Americans
|
1803
Louisiana Purchase (
USA)
|
1805
Louisiana Territory (
USA)
|
1812
Missouri Territory (
USA)
|
1821
Unorganised Territory (
USA)
|
1834
Michigan Territory (
USA)
|
1836
Wisconsin Territory (
USA)
|
1838
Iowa Territory (
USA)
|
1846
Unorganised Territory (
USA)
|
1849
Minnesota Territory (
USA)
|
1858
Unorganized territory (
USA)
|
1861
Dakota Territory (
USA)
|
1889
South Dakota (
USA)
|
Tennessee
|
Native Americans
|
1609
Colony of Virginia (
UK)
|
1629
Province of Carolina (
UK)
|
1710
Province of North Carolina (
UK)
|
1776
North Carolina (
USA)
|
1790
Southwest Territory (
USA)
|
1796
Tennessee (
USA)
|
1861
Tennessee (
CSA)
|
1862
Tennessee (
USA)
|
Texas
|
Native Americans
|
1684
French Texas (
France)
|
1690
Spanish Texas (
Spain)
|
1821
Mexican Texas (
Mexico)
|
1836
Republic of Texas
|
1845
Texas (
USA)
|
1861
Texas (
CSA)
|
1865
Texas (
USA)
|
Utah
|
Native Americans
|
1768
The Californias (
Spain)
|
1805
Alta California (
Spain)
|
1822 Alta California Territory (
Mexico)
|
1846
Unorganized territory (
USA)
|
1849
State of Deseret
|
1850
Utah Territory (
USA)
|
1896
Utah (
USA)
|
Vermont
|
Native Americans
|
1534
Canada (
France)
|
1763
Province of New York (
British Empire)
|
1777
Vermont Republic
|
1791
Vermont (
USA)
|
Virginia
|
Virginia Indians
|
1607
Colony of Virginia (
UK)
|
1776
Virginia (
USA)
|
1861
Virginia
(
CSA)
|
1865
Virginia
(
USA)
|
Washington
|
Native Americans
|
1818
Oregon Country/
Columbia District (
USA/
British Empire)
|
1843
Provisional Government of Oregon
|
1848
Oregon Territory (
USA)
|
1853
Washington Territory (
USA)
|
1889
Washington (
USA)
|
West Virginia
|
Virginia Indians
|
1607
Colony of Virginia (
UK)
|
1776
Virginia (
USA)
|
1863
West Virginia (
USA)
|
Wisconsin
|
Native Americans
|
1534
Canada (
France)
|
1763
Province of Quebec (
UK)
|
1787
Northwest Territory (
USA)
|
1800
Indiana Territory (
USA)
|
1809
Illinois Territory (
USA)
|
1818
Michigan Territory (
USA)
|
1836
Wisconsin Territory (
USA)
|
1848
Wisconsin (
USA)
|
Wyoming
|
Native Americans
|
1682
Louisiana (
France)
|
1762
Louisiana (
Spain)
|
1800
Louisiana (
France)
|
1803
Louisiana Purchase (
USA)
|
1805
Louisiana Territory (
USA)
|
1812
Missouri Territory (
USA)
|
1821
Unorganized territory (
USA)
|
1854
Nebraska Territory (
USA)
|
1863
Idaho Territory (
USA)
|
1864
Dakota Territory (
USA)
|
1868
Territory of Wyoming (
USA)
|
1890
Wyoming (
USA)
|
District of Columbia
|
Native Americans
|
1632
Province of Maryland (
UK)
|
1776
Maryland (
USA)
|
1790
District of Columbia (
USA)
|
Puerto Rico
|
New Spain
|
1898
Puerto Rico (
USA)
|
United States Virgin Islands
|
|
Danish West India Company 1671 (
Denmark)
|
Danish West Indies 1755 (
Denmark)
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|
United States Virgin Islands 1917 (
USA)
|
Current Sovereign States / Decades
|
before
|
1500
|
1510
|
1520
|
1530
|
1540
|
1550
|
1560
|
1570
|
1580
|
1590
|
1600
|
1610
|
1620
|
1630
|
1640
|
1650
|
1660
|
1670
|
1680
|
1690
|
1700
|
1710
|
1720
|
1730
|
1740
|
1750
|
1760
|
1770
|
1780
|
1790
|
1800
|
1810
|
1820
|
1830
|
1840
|
1850
|
1860
|
1870
|
1880
|
1890
|
1900
|
1910
|
1920
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1930
|
1940
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1950
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1960
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1970
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1980
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1990
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2000
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2010
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