13 original Colonies, Republic of Hawaii, Republic of Texas, Oregon Country. The rest were never countries of themselves only parts of countries.
!3 original colonies were 13 separate nations or independent States.
New England:
Province of New Hampshire, later New Hampshire
Province of Massachusetts Bay, later Massachusetts and Maine
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, later Rhode Island
Connecticut Colony, later Connecticut.
Middle Colonies
Province of New York, later New York and Vermont[1]
Province of New Jersey, later New Jersey
Province of Pennsylvania, later Pennsylvania
Delaware Colony (before 1776, the Lower Counties on Delaware), later Delaware
Southern Colonies (depending on the subject under discussion, Virginia and Maryland may be separated as Chesapeake Colonies)
Province of Maryland, later Maryland
Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia
Province of North Carolina, later North Carolina and Tennessee
Province of South Carolina, later South Carolina
Province of Georgia, later Georgia
Texas was a formerly organized country that joined the Union. The Republic of Hawaii also voted to join.
We purchased the Louisiana area from France.
Florida from Spain, some areas in Louisiana also.
Most of the west we got from beating Mexico.
Alaska we bought from Russia.
The Oregon Country (Territory) we got control of from a treaty with Britain but those living there actually set up a government so it was actually annexed into the US.
New Mexico Gladstone purchase.
However you could also consider Native American Confederations as being nations.
2007-01-18 11:12:46
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answered by dem_dogs 3
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As States:
The Republic of Texas, Kingdom of Hawaii, the Republic of California, the Republic of West Florida, Vermont and the, depending upon your point of view, the Confederate States of America.
As territories or Commonwealth:
Samoa, Virgin Islands (in 1917, these islands were purchased by the U.S. from Denmark for $25 million), Palmyra Atoll, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands (became part of the United States in Nov. 1986), Midway Islands, Wake Island (discovered by the British in 1796 and annexed by the U.S. in 1899), Johnston Atoll, «Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands», Kingman Reef & Navassa Island,
2007-01-18 11:29:42
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answered by Carl 3
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The 13 colonies were all independent, so they count, the Republic of Texas, Kingdom of Hawaii, the Republic of California was independent for like a month, the Republic of West Florida, and Vermont, I think that's about it.
2007-01-18 11:13:11
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answered by asmith1022_2006 5
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George Washington is an significant guy in our historic previous yet he remains purely one guy. The Founding Fathers observed the non secular persecution in maximum of Europe as a real evil. for that reason they especially reported that throughout the time of usa of america there might desire to on no account be a non secular attempt for political workplace. on an analogous time all the Founding Fathers signed the statement of Independence. It explicitly states that the rustic is predicated on the theory that there is a author and that "All men are created equivalent." for sure, the Founding Fathers as a set meant to renowned a ultimate Being.
2016-10-07 09:06:05
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answered by ? 4
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I don't really know, but this might be able to help:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/U.S._Territorial_Acquisitions.png/800px-
2007-01-18 11:08:16
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answered by Kurt 3
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