Events from the year 1792 in the United States. February 20 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.

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Mar 24, 2007 · Map of the states and territories of the United States as it was from 1792 to 1795. On June 1 1792, nine western counties were split off from Virginia and admitted as the state of Kentucky.

Create your own custom historical map of the United States from 1790 to this day. Color an editable map, fill in the legend, and download it for free. Explore the territorial evolution of the United States on a map.

View of the city of Washington in 1792. LOC 87694269.tif 9,427 × 6,940; 187.18 MB.

After Japan's defeat in World War II, the Japanese-ruled Northern Mariana Islands came under control of the United States. [1] The United States of America was formed after thirteen British colonies in North America declared independence from the British Empire on July 4, 1776.

This 1792 Joseph Purcell map of the United States recording post-Revolutionary War westward expansion. This is one of the earliest maps to identify the ephemeral pseudo-state of Franklinia, the claims of the Ohio Company of Associates, the lands of the New Jersey and Wabash Companies, the Cumberland Settlement, and the Moravian Settlement.

The United States: 14 historical maps illustrating its territorial growth 1775-1970. From the Colonial Period in 1775 until 1970: United States and Outlying Areas, Puerto Rico and U.S. possessions, Trust territory, Leased territories, Foreign territory under U.S. administration, Claimed territories.

History map of the Expansion of the United States 1783-1907; illustrating the United States in 1783 and the dates of territorial acquisitions, and the dates of the erection of the various States, see statehood union.

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