Definition
Organized territories are lands under federal sovereignty (but not part of any state or the federal district) which were given a measure of 展开

The United States Minor Outlying Islands are small uninhabited islands, atolls, and reefs. Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, 展开

Former unincorporated territories
• Swan Islands (1863–1972): claimed under the Guano Islands Act; sovereignty ceded to Honduras in a 1972 treaty.
• Philippines: military government, 1899–1902; insular government, 1902–1935; 展开

The Office of Insular Affairs coordinates federal administration of the U.S. territories and freely associated states, except for Puerto Rico.
On March 3, 1849, the last … 展开

The U.S. has five permanently inhabited territories: Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea, Guam and the Northern … 展开

Pursuant to a series of Supreme Court rulings, Congress decides whether a territory is incorporated or unincorporated. The U.S. Constitution applies to each incorporated territory … 展开

The territories of the United States have many plant and animal species found nowhere else in the United States. All U.S. territories have tropical … 展开