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Antigua and Barbuda |
Kalinago |
1632 Antigua (England)[1] |
1671 British Leeward Islands (England)[1] |
1816 Antigua-Barbuda-Montserrat (UK)[1] |
1833 British Leeward Islands (UK)[1] |
1958  West Indies Federation (UK) [1][2] |
1962 Antigua and Barbuda (UK)[1] |
1981 Antigua and Barbuda[1][3] |
| Kalinago |
1666 Barbuda (UK) |
Bahamas |
Lucayan people |
1513 Deserted |
1649 Eleutheran Adventurers[4][5] |
1670 Province of Carolina (England) |
1718 Colony of the Bahamas (UK)[5] |
1973 Bahamas[5] |
Barbados |
Kalinago |
Uninhabited |
1625 Colony of Barbados (England)[6] |
1958 West Indies Federation (UK)[2][6] |
1962 Barbados (UK)[6] |
1966 Barbados[6] |
Belize |
Pre-Columbian Belize |
1524 New Spain (Spain)[7] |
1742 Colony of Jamaica (UK)[7] |
1862  British Honduras (UK)[7][8] |
1981 Belize[7][8] |
Canada |
Alberta |
First Nations |
1670 Rupert's Land (UK) |
1870 Northwest Territories ( Canada) |
1905 Alberta ( Canada) |
British Columbia |
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast |
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast |
Colony of British Columbia 1858 (UK)[9] |
Colony of British Columbia 1866 (UK) |
1871 British Columbia ( Canada) |
| Colony of Vancouver Island 1849 (UK) |
Manitoba |
First Nations |
1670 Rupert's Land (UK) |
1870 Manitoba (Canada) |
New Brunswick |
First Nations |
1605 Acadia (France)[10] |
1713 Nova Scotia (UK)[10] |
1784 New Brunswick (UK)[11] |
1867 New Brunswick (Canada) |
Newfoundland and Labrador |
Beothuk |
1610  Newfoundland Colony (UK) |
1907  Dominion of Newfoundland (UK) |
1949 Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada) |
Nova Scotia |
Mi'kmaq |
1605 Acadia (France)[10] |
1713 Nova Scotia (UK) |
1867 Nova Scotia (Canada) |
Ontario |
Aboriginal Canadians |
1534 Canada (France) |
1763 Province of Quebec (UK) |
Upper Canada (UK) |
Province of Canada (UK) |
1867 Ontario (Canada) |
Prince Edward Island |
Mi’kmaq[12] |
1720 Isle Saint-Jean (France)[12] |
1763 Nova Scotia (UK)[12] |
1769 Prince Edward Island (UK)[12] |
1873 Prince Edward Island (Canada)[12] |
Quebec |
Aboriginal Canadians |
1534 Canada (France) |
1763 Province of Quebec (UK) |
1791 Lower Canada (UK) |
1841 Province of Canada (UK) |
1867 Quebec (Canada) |
Saskatchewan |
First Nations |
1670 Rupert's Land (UK) |
1870 Northwest Territories (Canada) |
1905 Saskatchewan (Canada) |
Northwest Territories |
Aboriginal Canadians |
North-Western Territory (UK) |
1870 Northwest Territories (Canada) |
Nunavut |
Inuit |
1670 Rupert's Land (UK) |
1870 Northwest Territories (Canada) |
1876 District of Keewatin (Canada) |
1905 Northwest Territories (Canada) |
1999 Nunavut (Canada) |
Yukon |
Aboriginal Canadians |
North-Western Territory (UK) |
1870 Northwest Territories (Canada) |
1898 Yukon (Canada) |
Costa Rica |
Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica |
1540 New Spain (Spain) |
1821 First Mexican Empire |
1823 Costa Rica ( Federal Republic of Central America)[13] |
1838 Costa Rica |
Cuba |
Guanajatabey, Taíno and Ciboney |
1511  Governorate of Cuba (Spain) |
1519 New Spain (Spain) |
1821 Captaincy General of Cuba (Spain) |
1898  US Military Government ( USA) |
1902 Republic of Cuba |
Dominica |
Kalinago |
1727 Dominica (France) |
1761 Dominica (UK) |
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 |
Dominican Republic |
Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (Spain) |
1795 Saint-Domingue (France) |
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 |
El Salvador |
Cuzcatlan |
1525 New Spain (Spain) |
1821 First Mexican Empire |
1823 El Salvador ( Federal Republic of Central America) |
1841 El Salvador |
1896 Greater Republic of Central America |
1898 El Salvador |
Grenada |
Kalinago |
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 |
Guatemala |
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] |
1625 Saint-Domingue (France) |
1804 Haiti[14][15] |
Honduras |
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] |
Mexico |
Aztec Empire[17] |
1521 New Spain (Spain)[17] |
1821 Mexico[17] |
Nicaragua |
Pre-Columbian Nicaragua |
1520 New Spain (Spain) |
1821 Mexican Empire |
1823 Nicaragua ( Federal Republic of Central America) |
1838 Nicaragua |
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 Kalinago |
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 Kalinago |
1628 Colony of Barbados (England)[18] |
1983  Nevis ( Saint Kitts and Nevis)[18] |
Saint Lucia |
Kalinago |
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1833 British Windward Islands (UK) |
1958 West Indies Federation (UK) |
1962 Saint Lucia (UK) |
1979 Saint Lucia[19] |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Kalinago |
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 Kalinago |
1797 Trinidad (UK) |
1889 British Trinidad and Tobago (UK) |
1958 West Indies Federation (UK) |
1962 Trinidad and Tobago |
| Arawak and Kalinago |
1628 Nieuw-Walcheren (Netherlands)[20] |
1637 Neu-Kurland (Poland-Lithuania)[20] |
Arawak and Kalinago[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 |
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Danish West India Company 1671 (Denmark) |
Danish West Indies 1755 (Denmark)[23] |
United States Virgin Islands 1917 (USA) |
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