Diplomatic missions of the United States

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Countries hosting an American diplomatic mission      US Embassy      US Interests Section in Swiss Embassy      American Institute in Taiwan
Countries hosting an American diplomatic mission      US Embassy      US Interests Section in Swiss Embassy      American Institute in Taiwan

Benjamin Franklin established the first overseas mission of the United States in Paris in 1779. On April 19, 1782, John Adams was received by the States-General, and the Dutch Republic became the second country, after France, to recognize the United States as an independent government. Adams then became the first U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands[1][2][3][4] and the house that he had purchased at Fluwelen Burgwal 18 in The Hague, became the first American embassy anywhere in the world.[5]

In the period following the American Revolution, George Washington sent a number of close advisers to the courts of European potentates in order to garner recognition of American independence with mixed results, including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Francis Dana and John Jay. [1] Much of the first fifty years of the Department of State concerned negotiating with imperial European powers over the territorial integrity of the borders of the United States as known today.

In the latter half of the nineteenth century, the State Department was concerned with expanding commercial ties in Asia, establishing Liberia, foiling diplomatic recognition of the Confederacy and securing its presence in North America. The Confederacy had diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Papal States, Russia, Mexico and Spain, and consular missions in Ireland, Canada, Cuba, Italy, Bermuda, Nassau and New Providence and Texas.[6]

America's global preeminence became evident in the twentieth century, and the State Department was required to invest in a large network of diplomatic missions to manage its bilateral and multilateral relations.[2]

Listed below are American embassies and other diplomatic missions around the world. The US has coined some of its consulates as "American Presence Posts", to provide chiefly consular services.

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[edit] Europe

American Embassy in Athens
American Embassy in Athens
American Embassy in Berlin
American Embassy in Berlin
American Embassy in Budapest
American Embassy in Budapest
American Embassy in Dublin
American Embassy in Dublin
American Embassy in London
American Embassy in London
American Embassy in Moscow
American Embassy in Moscow
American Embassy in Oslo
American Embassy in Oslo
American Embassy in Paris
American Embassy in Paris
American Embassy in Prague
American Embassy in Prague
American Embassy in Rome
American Embassy in Rome
American Embassy in Stockholm
American Embassy in Stockholm
American Embassy in Vienna
American Embassy in Vienna

[edit] North America

American Embassy in Ottawa
American Embassy in Ottawa
American Embassy in Bridgetown
American Embassy in Bridgetown
American Embassy in San José, Costa Rica
American Embassy in San José, Costa Rica
American Embassy in San Salvador
American Embassy in San Salvador

[edit] South America

American Embassy in Brasília
American Embassy in Brasília

[edit] Middle East

American Embassy in Tel-Aviv
American Embassy in Tel-Aviv
American Consulate General in Istanbul.
American Consulate General in Istanbul.

[edit] Africa

American Embassy in Dar-es-salaam
American Embassy in Dar-es-salaam
American Embassy in Yaounde
American Embassy in Yaounde
American Embassy in Libreville
American Embassy in Libreville

[edit] Asia

American Embassy in Tokyo
American Embassy in Tokyo
American Embassy in Hanoi
American Embassy in Hanoi
American Embassy in Kuala Lumpur
American Embassy in Kuala Lumpur
American Embassy in Manila
American Embassy in Manila
American Consulate General in Hong Kong
American Consulate General in Hong Kong

[edit] Oceania

American Embassy in Wellington
American Embassy in Wellington
American Embassy in Kolonia
American Embassy in Kolonia

[edit] International organizations

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Speeches and editorials 2007 - U.S. Embassy The Hague, Netherlands
  2. ^ Memory of the Netherlands - Background - The involvement of the Dutch in the American War of Independence
  3. ^ The Massachusetts Historical Society | The Adams Family Papers
  4. ^ The John Adams Institute, American culture and literature, Lectures
  5. ^ US embassy report on Dutch-American Friendship Day.
  6. ^ Confederate States of America

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