Unincorporated territories of the United States

Unincorporated territories of the United States

Unincorporated territories are areas controlled by the government of the United States which are not part of the United States proper. The history of these territories is as follows:

;April 11 1899The 1898 Treaty of Paris came in to effect, transferring Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico from Spain to the United States, all three becoming unorganized, unincorporated territories.

;April 2 1900The Foraker Act organizes Puerto Rico.

;June 7 1900The United States takes control of its portion of the Samoan Islands given to it by the Treaty of Berlin of 1899, creating the unorganized, unincorporated territory of American Samoa.

;April 1 1901
Emilio Aguinaldo, the Filipino leader in the Philippine-American War, surrenders allowing the United States to form a civilian government.

;August 29, 1916The Philippine Autonomy Act or Jones Law is signed promising the Philippines independence.

;March 2 1917
Jones-Shafroth Act reorganizes Puerto Rico. This act conferred United States citizenship on all citizens of Puerto Rico.

;March 31 1917The United States takes possession of the U.S. Virgin Islands under the terms of a treaty with Denmark. [cite web
url=http://www.dkconsulateusvi.com/TRANSFER/transfer.html
title=Transfer Day
accessdate=2006-08-10]

;May 17 1932The name of Porto Rico changed to Puerto Rico.cite web
url=http://statoids.com/upr.html
title=Municipalities of Puerto Rico
publisher=Statoids
accessdate=2006-08-10]

;March 24, 1934The Tydings-McDuffie Act is signed allowing the creation of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.

;July 4, 1946The United States recognized Philippine independence.

;July 14 1947The United Nations grants the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands to the United States, consisting primarily of many islands fought over during World War II, and including what is now the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau. It was a trusteeship, and not a territory.

;July 1 1950The Guam Organic Act came into effect, organizing Guam as an unincorporated territory.cite web
url=http://www.doi.gov/pfm/acct97/insular.html
title=Relationship with the Insular Areas
publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior
accessdate=2006-08-10]

;July 25 1952
Puerto Rico became a Commonwealth of the United States, an unincorporated organized territory, with the ratification of its constitution.

;July 22 1954The Organic Act for the United States Virgin Islands goes into effect, making them an unincorporated, organized territory.

;July 1 1967
American Samoa's constitution became effective. Even though no Organic Act has been passed, this move to self-government made American Samoa similar to an organized territory.

;January 1 1978The Northern Mariana Islands leave the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands to be a commonwealth of the United States, making it unincorporated and organized. [cite web
url=http://statoids.com/ump.html
title=Municipalities of Northern Mariana Islands
publisher=Statoids
accessdate=2006-08-10]

;October 21 1986The Marshall Islands attain independence from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, though the trusteeship granted by the United Nations technically did not end until December 22 1990.

;November 3 1986The Federated States of Micronesia attained independence from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and remained in free association with the United States.

;December 22 1990The United Nations terminated the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands for all but the Palau district.

;May 25 1994The United Nations terminated the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands for the Palau district, ending the territory, making Palau "de facto" independent, as it was not a territory of the United States.

;October 1 1994
Palau attained "de jure" independence, but remained in free association with the United States. [cite web
url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/1840.htm
title=Background Note: Palau
publisher=Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
accessdate=2006-08-10]

References

ee also

*Territories of the United States
*Political divisions of the United States
*Insular area


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