List of U.S. colonial possessions

The United States has from time to time in its history had several territories under its control in the same fashion as a colonial possession.

Ignoring areas that have now become states in the U.S., and those areas that due to warfare were held under temporary U.S. military command, these territories include:-

Africa

•  Liberia (1821–1847)

Americas

•  Puerto Rico (1898-present)
•  Cuba (1898–1902)
•  Panama Canal Zone (1903–1979)
• Rio Rico (1906–1977)
•  U.S. Virgin Islands (1917-present)

Asia

• Ryukyu Islands (1945–1972)
•  Philippines (1898–1946)
•  Guam (1898-present)

Oceania

•  American Samoa (1899-present)
•  Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1947–1994)
  •  Marshall Islands (1944–1986)
  •  Palau (1947–1994)
  •  Federated States of Micronesia (1947–1986)
  •  Northern Mariana Islands (1975-present) (has remained in U.S. control)