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History of the United States

106 recorded states lay in what is now the United States, from Calusa (1000 CE) to the United States. 4 of them have a full profile, and 16 outside powers ruled here.

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Profiles

Empires that ruled here

Timeline

11th century

  1. Calusa1000 CE – 1760 CE · chiefdom
  2. Etowah chiefdom1000 CE – 1550 CE · chiefdom
  3. Kingdom of Manuʻa1000 CE – 1904 CE · kingdom
  4. Cahokia1050 CE – 1350 CE · chiefdom

12th century

  1. Apalachee chiefdom1100 CE – 1704 CE · chiefdom
  2. Moundville chiefdom1120 CE – 1450 CE · chiefdom

13th century

  1. Natchez chiefdom1200 CE – 1731 CE · chiefdom

14th century

  1. Cofitachequi1300 CE – 1670 CE · chiefdom

15th century

  1. Chiefdom of Kauai1400 CE – 1824 CE · chiefdom
  2. Chiefdom of Oahu1400 CE – 1795 CE · chiefdom
  3. Coosa chiefdom1400 CE – 1600 CE · chiefdom
  4. Cayuga Nation1450 CE – present · chiefdom
  5. Iroquois Confederacy1450 CE – present · profile
  6. Mohawk Nation1450 CE – present · chiefdom
  7. Oneida Nation1450 CE – present · chiefdom
  8. Onondaga Nation1450 CE – present · chiefdom
  9. Seneca Nation1450 CE – present · chiefdom

16th century

  1. Chiefdom of Hawaii Island1500 CE – 1795 CE · chiefdom
  2. Chiefdom of Maui1500 CE – 1795 CE · chiefdom
  3. Erie Nation1500 CE – 1656 CE · chiefdom
  4. Hasinai Confederacy1500 CE – 1859 CE · tribal confederation
  5. Neutral Confederacy1500 CE – 1651 CE · tribal confederation
  6. New Spain1521 CE – 1821 CE · profile
  7. New France1534 CE – 1763 CE · profile
  8. Susquehannock1550 CE – 1675 CE · chiefdom
  9. French Florida1562 CE – 1565 CE · colony
  10. Spanish Florida1565 CE – 1821 CE · colony
  11. Powhatan Confederacy1570 CE – 1677 CE · chiefdom
  12. Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico1598 CE – 1846 CE · colony

17th century

  1. Illinois Confederation1600 CE – 1832 CE · tribal confederation
  2. Pequot Nation1600 CE – 1638 CE · chiefdom
  3. Tuscarora Nation1600 CE – present · chiefdom
  4. Wampanoag Confederacy1600 CE – 1676 CE · tribal confederation
  5. Acadia1604 CE – 1713 CE · colony
  6. Colony of Virginia1607 CE – 1776 CE · colony
  7. New Netherland1614 CE – 1667 CE · colony
  8. Plymouth Colony1620 CE – 1691 CE · colony
  9. Province of Maine1622 CE – 1658 CE · colony
  10. Massachusetts Bay Colony1628 CE – 1691 CE · colony
  11. Province of New Hampshire1629 CE – 1776 CE · colony
  12. Province of Maryland1632 CE – 1776 CE · colony
  13. Saybrook Colony1635 CE – 1644 CE · colony
  14. Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations1636 CE – 1776 CE · colony
  15. Connecticut Colony1636 CE – 1776 CE · colony
  16. New Haven Colony1638 CE – 1664 CE · colony
  17. New Sweden1638 CE – 1655 CE · colony
  18. Province of Carolina1663 CE – 1712 CE · colony
  19. Delaware Colony1664 CE – 1776 CE · colony
  20. Province of New Jersey1664 CE – 1776 CE · colony
  21. Province of New York1664 CE – 1776 CE · colony
  22. Rupert's Land1670 CE – 1870 CE · colony
  23. Danish West Indies1672 CE – 1917 CE · colony
  24. East Jersey1674 CE – 1702 CE · colony
  25. West Jersey1674 CE – 1702 CE · colony
  26. Wabanaki Confederacy1680 CE – 1862 CE · tribal confederation
  27. Province of Pennsylvania1681 CE – 1776 CE · colony
  28. French Louisiana1682 CE – 1762 CE · colony
  29. Dominion of New England1686 CE – 1689 CE · colony
  30. Spanish Texas1690 CE – 1821 CE · colony
  31. Province of Massachusetts Bay1691 CE – 1776 CE · colony

18th century

  1. Blackfoot Confederacy1700 CE – 1877 CE · tribal confederation
  2. Chickasaw Nation1700 CE – 1907 CE · chiefdom
  3. Choctaw Nation1700 CE – 1907 CE · tribal confederation
  4. Great Sioux Nation1700 CE – 1877 CE · tribal confederation
  5. Muscogee Confederacy1700 CE – 1907 CE · tribal confederation
  6. Comancheria1706 CE – 1875 CE · nomadic confederation
  7. Province of North Carolina1712 CE – 1776 CE · colony
  8. Province of South Carolina1712 CE – 1776 CE · colony
  9. Province of Georgia1732 CE – 1776 CE · colony
  10. Iron Confederacy1740 CE – 1885 CE · tribal confederation
  11. Nuevo Santander1748 CE – 1821 CE · colony
  12. Seminole Nation1750 CE – 1907 CE · tribal confederation
  13. Spanish Louisiana1762 CE – 1803 CE · colony
  14. Province of East Florida1763 CE – 1783 CE · colony
  15. Province of West Florida1763 CE – 1783 CE · colony
  16. Alta California1769 CE – 1848 CE · colony
  17. Commandancy General of the Internal Provinces1776 CE – 1821 CE · colony
  18. United States1776 CE – present · profile
  19. Vermont Republic1777 CE – 1791 CE · republic
  20. State of Franklin1784 CE – 1788 CE · republic
  21. Western Confederacy1785 CE – 1795 CE · tribal confederation
  22. Cherokee Nation1794 CE – 1907 CE · republic
  23. Kingdom of Hawaii1795 CE – 1893 CE · kingdom
  24. Russian America1799 CE – 1867 CE · colony
  25. State of Muskogee1799 CE – 1803 CE · other

19th century

  1. Tecumseh's Confederacy1808 CE – 1813 CE · tribal confederation
  2. Republic of West Florida1810 CE – 1810 CE · republic
  3. First Mexican Empire1821 CE – 1823 CE · kingdom
  4. First Mexican Republic1823 CE – 1835 CE · republic
  5. Republic of Indian Stream1832 CE – 1835 CE · republic
  6. Centralist Republic of Mexico1835 CE – 1846 CE · republic
  7. Republic of Texas1836 CE – 1845 CE · republic
  8. Republic of the Rio Grande1840 CE – 1840 CE · republic
  9. Provisional Government of Oregon1843 CE – 1849 CE · other
  10. California Republic1846 CE – 1846 CE · republic
  11. Second Federal Republic of Mexico1846 CE – 1863 CE · republic
  12. State of Deseret1849 CE – 1851 CE · theocracy
  13. Confederate States of America1861 CE – 1865 CE · republic
  14. Navajo Nation1868 CE – present · other
  15. Kingdom of Samoa1873 CE – 1899 CE · kingdom
  16. Provisional Government of Hawaii1893 CE – 1894 CE · other
  17. Republic of Hawaii1894 CE – 1898 CE · republic
  18. Guam1898 CE – present · colony
  19. Territory of Hawaii1898 CE – 1959 CE · other

20th century

  1. American Samoa1900 CE – present · colony
  2. South Seas Mandate1919 CE – 1947 CE · colony

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