The chiefs of the largest island in American Samoa ceded the island to the United States in 1900, marking the beginning of its status as a U.S. territory. While residents of other U.S. territories ...

AN uneasy peace existed in the settlement at the headwaters of the Connecticut River known as Indian Stream. Both the United ...

In 1898, at the end of the Spanish–American War, Spain agreed to sell the Philippines to the U.S. for $20 million – what would be $760 million today. The United States recognized the country ...

Territorial expansion allowed the federal government to directly rule its many new federal citizens without any state ...

Right-wing officials in Israel, evangelical Christians in the United States and Trump appointees have become increasingly ...