This timeline lists all sovereign states in North America (including Central America and the Caribbean), both current and defunct, from the year 1500 onwards.
| Current Sovereign States / Decades | before | 1500 | 1510 | 1520 | 1530 | 1540 | 1550 | 1560 | 1570 | 1580 | 1590 | 1600 | 1610 | 1620 | 1630 | 1640 | 1650 | 1660 | 1670 | 1680 | 1690 | 1700 | 1710 | 1720 | 1730 | 1740 | 1750 | 1760 | 1770 | 1780 | 1790 | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | Island Caribs | 1632 Antigua (England) [1] | 1671 British Leeward Islands (England) [1] | 1816 Antigua-Barbuda-Montserrat (United Kingdom) [1] | 1833 British Leeward Islands (United Kingdom) [1] | 1958 West Indies Federation (United Kingdom) [1][6] | 1962 Antigua and Barbuda (United Kingdom)[1] | 1981 Antigua and Barbuda [1][2] |
| Island Caribs | 1666 Barbuda (British Empire |
Bahamas | Lucayan people | 1513 Deserted | 1649 Eleutheran Adventurers [3][4] | 1670 Province of Carolina (England) | 1718 Colony of the Bahamas (Great Britain) [4] | 1973 Bahamas [4] |
Barbados | Island Caribs | Uninhabited | 1625 Colony of Barbados (England) [5] | 1958 West Indies Federation (United Kingdom) [6][5] | 1962 Barbados (United Kingdom) [5] | 1966 Barbados [5] |
Belize | Pre-Columbian Belize | 1524 New Spain (Spain) [7] | 1742 Colony of Jamaica (Great Britain) [7] | 1862 British Honduras (United Kingdom)[7][8] | Belize 1981 (United Kingdom)[7][8] |
Canada |
Alberta | First Nations | 1670 Rupert's Land (British Empire) | 1870 Northwest Territories ( Canada) | 1905 Alberta ( Canada) |
British Columbia | Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast | Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast | Colony of British Columbia 1858 (United Kingdom) [9] | Colony of British Columbia 1866 (United Kingdom) | 1871 British Columbia 1871 ( Canada) |
| Colony of Vancouver Island 1849 (British Empire) |
Manitoba | First Nations | 1670 Rupert's Land (British Empire) | 1870 Manitoba (Canada) |
New Brunswick | First Nations | 1605 Acadia (France) [26] | 1713 Nova Scotia (British Empire) [26] | 1784 New Brunswick (British Empire) [10] | 1867 New Brunswick (Canada) |
Newfoundland and Labrador | Beothuk | 1610 Newfoundland Colony (British Empire) | 1907 Dominion of Newfoundland (British Empire) | 1949 Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada) |
Nova Scotia | Mi'kmaq | 1605 Acadia (France) [11] | 1713 Nova Scotia (British Empire) | 1867 Nova Scotia (Canada) |
Ontario | Aboriginal Canadians | 1534 Canada (France) | 1763 Province of Quebec (British Empire) | Upper Canada (British Empire) | Province of Canada (British Empire) | 1867 Ontario (Canada) |
Prince Edward Island | Mi’kmaq [12] | 1720 Isle Saint-Jean (France) [12] | 1763 Nova Scotia (Great Britain) [12] | 1769 Prince Edward Island (Great Britain) [12] | 1873 Prince Edward Island (Canada) [12] |
Quebec | Aboriginal Canadians | 1534 Canada (France) | 1763 Province of Quebec (British Empire) | 1791 Lower Canada (British Empire) | 1841 Province of Canada (British Empire) | 1867 Quebec (Canada) |
Saskatchewan | First Nations | 1670 Rupert's Land (British Empire) | 1870 Northwest Territories (Canada) | 1905 Saskatchewan (Canada) |
Northwest Territories | Aboriginal Canadians | North-Western Territory (British Empire) | 1870 Northwest Territories (Canada) |
Nunavut | Inuit | 1670 Rupert's Land (British Empire) | 1870 Northwest Territories (Canada) | 1876 District of Keewatin (Canada) | 1905 Northwest Territories (Canada) | 1999 Nunavut (Canada) |
Yukon | Aboriginal Canadians | North-Western Territory (British Empire) | 1870 Northwest Territories (Canada) | 1898 Yukon (Canada) |
Costa Rica | Indigenous peoples of Costa Rica | 1540 New Spain (Spain) | 1821 First Mexican Empire | 1823 Costa Rica ( Federal Republic of Central America) [13] | 1838 Costa Rica |
Cuba | Guanajatabey, Taíno and Ciboney | 1511 Governorate of Cuba (Spain) | 1519 New Spain (Spain) | 1821 Captaincy General of Cuba (Spain) | 1898 United States Military Government in Cuba ( United States) | 1902 Republic of Cuba |
Dominica | Island Caribs | 1727 Dominica (France) | 1761 Dominica (British Empire) | 1778 Dominica (France) | 1783 Dominica (British Empire) | 1833 British Leeward Islands (British Empire) | 1940 British Windward Islands (British Empire) | 1958 West Indies Federation (British Empire) | 1962 Dominica (British Empire) | 1978 Dominica |
Dominican Republic | Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (Spain) | 1795 Saint-Domingue (France) | 1809 España Boba (Spain) | 1821 Republic of Spanish Haiti | 1822 Department of Ozama and Cibao (Haiti) | 1844 Dominican Republic | 1861 Spanish occupation of the Dominican Republic (Spain) | 1865 Dominican Republic | 1916 Dominican Republic ( United States) | 1924 Dominican Republic |
El Salvador | Cuzcatlan | 1525 New Spain (Spain) | 1821 First Mexican Empire | 1823 El Salvador ( Federal Republic of Central America) | 1841 El Salvador | 1896 Greater Republic of Central America | 1898 El Salvador |
Grenada | Island Caribs | 1649 French Antilles (France) | 1762 British Grenada (British Empire) | 1779 Grenada (France) | 1783 British Grenada (British Empire | 1833 British Windward Islands (British Empire) | 1958 West Indies Federation (British Empire) | 1962 Grenada (British Empire) | 1974 Grenada |
Guatemala | Mayans | 1521 New Spain (Spain) | 1821 First Mexican Empire |
Guatemala 1823 Guatemala ( Federal Republic of Central America) |
Guatemala 1841 Guatemala |
Haiti | Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (Spain) [14][15] | 1625 Saint-Domingue (France) | 1804 Haiti [14][15] |
Honduras | Pre-Columbian Honduras | 1525 New Spain (Spain) | 1821 Honduras (Mexico) | 1823 Honduras ( Federal Republic of Central America) | 1840 Honduras |
Jamaica | Pre-Columbian Jamaica | 1509 Colony of Santiago (Spain) [16] | 1655 Colony of Jamaica (England) [16] | 1958 West Indies Federation (United Kingdom) [16] | 1962 Jamaica [16] |
Mexico | Aztec Empire [17] | 1521 New Spain (Spain) [17] | 1821 Mexico [17] |
Nicaragua | Pre-Columbian Nicaragua | 1520 New Spain (Spain) | 1821 Mexican Empire | 1823 Nicaragua ( Federal Republic of Central America) | 1838 Nicaragua |
Panama | Indigenous peoples of the Americas | 1510 Province of Tierra Firme (Spain) | 1542 Viceroyalty of Peru (Spain) | 1717 Viceroyalty of New Granada (Spain) | 1821 Gran Colombia | 1831 Republic of New Granada | 1858 Granadine Confederation | 1863 United States of Columbia | 1886 Republic of Columbia | 1903 Panama |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Arawaks and Island Caribs | 1623 Saint Christopher (England) [18] | 1671 British Leeward Islands (United Kingdom) [18] | 1816 Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (United Kingdom) [18] | 1833 British Leeward Islands (United Kingdom) [18] | 1958 West Indies Federation (United Kingdom) [18] | 1962 Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (United Kingdom) [18] | 1983 Saint Kitts and Nevis [18] |
| Arawaks and Island Caribs | 1628 Colony of Barbados (England) [18] | 1983 Nevis ( Saint Kitts and Nevis) [18] |
Saint Lucia | Island Caribs | | 1833 British Windward Islands (United Kingdom) | 1958 West Indies Federation (British Empire) | 1962 Saint Lucia (British Empire) | 1979 Saint Lucia [19] |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Island Caribs | 1719 Saint Vincent (France) | 1763 Saint Vincent (United Kingdom) | 1779 Saint Vincent (France) | 1783 Saint Vincent (United Kingdom) | 1833 British Windward Islands (United Kingdom) | 1958 West Indies Federation (United Kingdom) | 1962 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (United Kingdom) | 1979 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Trinidad and Tobago | Arawak and Island Caribs | 1797 Trinidad (Great Britain) | 1889 British Trinidad and Tobago (United Kingdom) | 1958 West Indies Federation (United Kingdom) | 1962 Trinidad and Tobago |
| Arawak and Island Caribs | 1628 Nieuw-Walcheren (Netherlands) [20] | 1637 Neu-Kurland (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) [20] | Arawak and Island Caribs [20] | 1654 Nieuw-Walcheren (Netherlands) [20] | 1677 Trinidad (France) [20] | 1797 Tobago (Great Britain) |
United States |
Alabama | Native Americans | Mississippi Territory 1798 ( United States) | Alabama Territory 1817 ( United States) | 1819 Alabama ( United States) | 1861 Alabama (Confederate States of America) | 1865 Alabama ( United States) |
Alaska | Alaskan Natives | 1799 Russian America (Russian Empire) | 1867 Department of Alaska ( United States)[21] | 1884 District of Alaska ( United States)[21] | 1912 Territory of Alaska ( United States)[21] | 1959 Alaska ( United States)[21] |
Arizona | Native Americans | 1768 The Californias (Spain) | 1805 Alta California (Spain) | 1822 Alta California Territory (Mexico) | 1846 U.S. provisional government of New Mexico | 1850 New Mexico Territory ( United States) | 1863 Arizona Territory ( United States) | 1912 Arizona ( United States) |
Arkansas | Native Americans | 1682 Louisiana (France) | 1762 Louisiana (Spain) | 1802 Louisiana (France) | 1805 Louisiana Territory ( United States) | 1812 Missouri Territory ( United States) | 1819 Arkansas Territory ( United States) | 1836 Arkansas ( United States) | 1861 Arkansas (Confederate States of America) | 1865 Arkansas ( United States) |
California | Native Americans | 1768 The Californias (Spain) | 1805 Alta California (Spain) | 1822 Alta California Territory (Mexico) | 1846 United States military occupation ( United States) | 1850 California ( United States) |
Colorado | Native Americans | 1836 Republic of Texas | 1845 Texas ( United States) | 1850 Unorganised territory ( United States) [22] | 1854 Kansas Territory[23] ( United States) | 1861 Colorado Territory ( United States) | 1876 Colorado ( United States) |
Connecticut | Native Americans | 1636 Connecticut Colony (England) | 1686 Dominion of New England (England) | 1689 Connecticut Colony (England) | 1776 Connecticut ( United States) |
Delaware | Native Americans | 1638 New Sweden (Sweden) | 1655 New Netherland (Dutch Republic) | 1664 Delaware Colony (British Empire) | 1776 Delaware (United States) |
Florida | Native Americans | 1513 Spanish Florida (Spain) | 1763 East Florida (British Empire) | 1783 Spanish Florida (Spain) | 1822 Florida Territory (United States) | 1845 Florida (United States) | 1861 Florida (Confederate States of America) | 1865 Florida (United States |
Georgia | Native Americans | 1732 Province of Georgia (British Empire) | 1777 Georgia (United States) | 1861 Georgia (Confederate States of America) | 1865 Georgia (United States) |
Idaho | Native Americans | 1818 Oregon Country/Columbia District (United States/British Empire) | 1843 Provisional Government of Oregon | 1848 Oregon Territory (United States) | 1853 Washington Territory (United States) | 1890 Idaho (United States) |
Illinois | Native Americans | 1534 Canada (France) | 1763 Province of Quebec (British Empire) | 1787 Northwest Territory (United States) | 1800 Indiana Territory (United States) | 1809 Illinois Territory (United States) | 1818 Illinois (United States) |
Indiana | Native Americans | 1534 Canada (France) | 1763 Province of Quebec (British Empire) | 1787 Northwest Territory (United States) | 1800 Indiana Territory (United States) | 1816 Indiana (United States) |
Iowa | Native Americans | 1534 Canada (France) | 1763 Province of Quebec (British Empire) | 1787 Northwest Territory (United States) | 1800 Indiana Territory (United States) | 1805 Michigan Territory (United States) | 1836 Wisconsin Territory (United States) | 1838 Iowa Territory (United States) | 1846 Iowa (United States) |
Kansas | Native Americans | 1803 Louisiana Purchase (United States) | 1805 Louisiana Territory (United States) | 1812 Missouri Territory (United States) | 1821 Unorganised Territory (United States) | 1854 Kansas Territory (United States) | 1861 Kansas (United States) |
Kentucky | Virginia Indians | Colony of Virginia 1607 (British Empire) | Virginia 1776 (United States) | kentucky 1792 (United States) |
Louisiana | Native Americans | 1682 Louisiana (France) | 1762 Louisiana (Spain) | 1803 Louisiana Purchase (United States) | 1804 Territory of Orleans (United States) | 1812 Louisiana (United States) |
Maine | Native Americans | Massachusetts Bay Colony 1652 (British Empire) | Dominion of New England 1686 (British Empire) | Massachusetts Bay Colony 1689 (British Empire) | Province of Massachusetts Bay 1692 (British Empire) | Massachusetts 1776 (United States) | 1820 Maine (United States) |
Maryland | Native Americans | Province of Maryland 1632 (British Empire) | Maryland 1776 (United States) |
Massachusetts | Native Americans | Massachusetts Bay Colony 1628 (British Empire) | Dominion of New England 1686 (British Empire) | Massachusetts Bay Colony 1689 (British Empire) | Province of Massachusetts Bay 1692 (British Empire) | Massachusetts 1776 (United States) |
| Native Americans | Plymouth Colony 1620 (British Empire) | Plymouth Colony 1689 (British Empire) |
Michigan | Native Americans | 1534 Canada (France) | 1763 Province of Quebec (British Empire) | 1787 Northwest Territory (United States) | 1800 Indiana Territory (United States) | 1805 Michigan Territory (United States) | 1837 Michigan (United States) |
Minnesota | Native Americans | 1803 Louisiana Purchase (United States) | 1805 Louisiana Territory (United States) | 1812 Missouri Territory (United States) | 1821 Unorganised Territory (United States) | 1834 Michigan Territory (United States) | 1836 Wisconsin Territory (United States) | 1838 Iowa Territory (United States) | 1846 Unorganised Territory (United States) | 1849 Minnesota Territory (United States) | 1858 Minnesota (United States) |
Mississippi | Native Americans | 1732 Province of Georgia (British Empire) | 1777 Georgia (United States) | 1798 Mississippi Territory (United States) | 1817 Mississippi (United States) | 1861 Mississippi (Confederate States of America) | 1863| Mississippi (United States) |
Missouri | Native Americans | 1803 Louisiana Purchase (United States) | 1805 Louisiana Territory (United States) | 1812 Missouri Territory (United States) | 1821 Missouri (United States) |
Montana | Native Americans | 1803 Louisiana Purchase (United States) | 1805 Louisiana Territory (United States) | 1812 Missouri Territory (United States) | 1821 Unorganised territory (United States) | 1854 Nebraska Territory (United States) | 1861 Dakota Territory (United States) | 1863 Idaho Territory (United States) | 1864 Territory of Montana (United States) [24] | 1889 Montana (United States) |
Nebraska | Native Americans | 1682 Louisiana (France) | 1762 Louisiana (Spain) | 1802 Louisiana (France) | 1805 Louisiana Territory (United States) | 1812 Missouri Territory (United States) | 1821 Unorganised territory (United States) | 1854 Nebraska Territory (United States) | 1867 Nebraska (United States) |
Nevada | Native Americans | 1768 New Spain (Spain) | 1821 Alta California (Mexico) | 1848 Mexican Cession (United States) | 1850 Utah Territory (United States) | 1861 Nevada Territory (United States) | 1864 Nevada (United States) |
New Hampshire | Native Americans | 1622 Province of Maine (British Empire) | Province of New Hampshire (British Empire) | Massachusetts Bay Colony 1641 (British Empire) | Province of New Hampshire 1680 (British Empire) | Dominion of New England 1686 (British Empire) | Province of New Hampshire 1689 (British Empire) | 1776 New Hampshire (United States) |
New Jersey | Native Americans | 1630 New Netherland (Dutch Republic) | 1655 New Netherland (Dutch Republic) | 1664 Province of New Jersey (British Empire) | 1674 East Jersey (British Empire) | 1702 Province of New Jersey (British Empire) | 1776 New Jersey (United States) |
| Native Americans | 1638 New Sweden (Sweden) | 1674 West Jersey (British Empire) |
New Mexico | Native Americans | 1598 New Spain (Spain) | 1821 Santa Fe de Nuevo México (Mexico) | 1846 U.S. provisional government of New Mexico (United States) | 1850 New Mexico Territory (United States) | 1912 New Mexico (United States) |
New York | Native Americans | 1614 New Netherland (Dutch Republic) | 1667 Province of New York (British Empire) | 1673 New Netherland (Dutch Republic) | 1674 Province of New York (British Empire) | 1776 New York (United States) |
North Carolina | Native Americans | 1585 Roanoke Colony (British Empire) | Native Americans | 1609 Colony of Virginia (British Empire) | 1629 Province of Carolina (British Empire) | 1710 Province of North Carolina (British Empire) | 1776 North Carolina (United States) | 1861 North Carolina (Confederate States of America) | 1865 North Carolina (United States) |
North Dakota | Native Americans | 1833 Michigan Territory (United States) | 1836 Wisconsin Territory (United States) | 1838 Iowa Territory (United States) | 1846 Unorganised territory (United States) | 1849 Minnesota Territory (United States) | 1858 Unorganised territory (United States) | 1861 Dakota Territory (United States) | 1889 North Dakota (United States) |
Ohio | Native Americans | 1534 Canada (France) | 1763 Province of Quebec (British Empire) | 1783 Northwest Territory (United States) | 1803 Ohio (United States) |
Oklahoma | Native Americans | 1682 Louisiana (France) | 1762 Louisiana (Spain) | 1803 Louisiana Purchase (United States) | 1804 Louisiana Territory (United States) | 1812 Missouri Territory (United States) | 1819 Arkansas Territory (United States) | 1824 Unorganised Territory (United States) | 1834 Indian Territory (United States) | 1890 Indian Territory (United States) | 1907 Oklahoma (United States) |
| 1890 Oklahoma Territory (United States) |
Oregon | Native Americans | 1818 Oregon Country/Columbia District (United States/United Kingdom) | 1843 Provisional Government of Oregon (United States) | 1848 Oregon Territory (United States) | 1859 Oregon (United States) |
Pennsylvania | Native Americans | 1681 Province of Pennsylvania (England) | 1776 Pennsylvania (United States) |
Rhode Island | Native Americans | 1636 Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (British Empire) | 1776 Rhode Island (United States) |
South Carolina | Native Americans | 1629 Province of Carolina (British Empire) | 1712 Province of South Carolina (British Empire) | 1776 South Carolina (United States) | 1861 South Carolina (Confederate States of America) | 1865 South Carolina (United States) |
South Dakota | Native Americans | 1803 Louisiana Purchase (United States) | 1805 Louisiana Territory (United States) | 1812 Missouri Territory (United States) | 1821 Unorganised Territory (United States) | 1834 Michigan Territory (United States) | 1836 Wisconsin Territory (United States) | 1838 Iowa Territory (United States) | 1846 Unorganised Territory (United States) | 1849 Minnesota Territory (United States) | 1858 Unorganised territory (United States) | 1861 Dakota Territory (United States) | 1889 South Dakota (United States) |
Tennessee | Native Americans | 1609 Colony of Virginia (British Empire) | 1629 Province of Carolina (British Empire) | 1710 Province of North Carolina (British Empire) | 1776 North Carolina (United States) | 1790 Southwest Territory (United States) | 1796 Tennessee (United States) | 1861 Tennessee (Confederate States of America) | 1862 Tennessee (United States) |
Texas | Native Americans | 1684 French Texas (France) | 1690 Spanish Texas (Spain) | 1821 Mexican Texas (Mexico) | 1836 Republic of Texas | 1845 Texas (United States) | 1861 Texas (Confederate States of America) | 1865 Texas (United States) |
Utah | Native Americans | 1768 The Californias (Spain) | 1805 Alta California (Spain) | 1822 Alta California Territory (Mexico) | 1846 Unorganised territory (United States) | 1849 State of Deseret | 1850 Utah Territory (United States) | 1896 Utah (United States) |
Vermont | Native Americans | 1534 Canada (France) | 1763 Province of New York ( Great Britain) | 1777 Vermont Republic | 1791 Vermont (United States) |
Virginia | Virginia Indians | 1607 Colony of Virginia (British Empire) | 1776 Virginia (United States) | 1861 Virginia ( Confederate States of America) | 1865 Virginia (United States) |
Washington | Native Americans | 1818 Oregon Country/Columbia District (United States/British Empire) | 1843 Provisional Government of Oregon | 1848 Oregon Territory (United States) | 1853 Washington Territory (United States) | 1889 Washington (United States) |
West Virginia | Virginia Indians | 1607 Colony of Virginia (British Empire) | 1776 Virginia (United States) | 1863 West Virginia (United States) |
Wisconsin | Native Americans | 1534 Canada (France) | 1763 Province of Quebec (British Empire) | 1787 Northwest Territory (United States) | 1800 Indiana Territory (United States) | 1809 Illinois Territory (United States) | 1818 Michigan Territory (United States) | 1836 Wisconsin Territory (United States) | 1848 Wisconsin (United States) |
Wyoming | Native Americans | 1682 Louisiana (France) | 1762 Louisiana (Spain) | 1800 Louisiana (France) | 1803 Louisiana Purchase (United States) | 1805 Louisiana Territory (United States) | 1812 Missouri Territory (United States) | 1821 Unorganised Territory (United States) | 1854 Nebraska Territory (United States) | 1863 Idaho Territory (United States) | 1864 Dakota Territory (United States) | 1868 Territory of Wyoming (United States) | 1890 Wyoming (United States) |
District of Columbia | Native Americans | 1632 Province of Maryland (British Empire) | 1776 Maryland (United States) | 1790 District of Columbia (United States) |
Puerto Rico | New Spain | 1898 Puerto Rico (United States) |
United States Virgin Islands | | Danish West India Company 1671 (Denmark) | Danish West Indies 1755 (Denmark)[25] | United States Virgin Islands 1917 (United States) |
| Current Sovereign States / Decades | before | 1500 | 1510 | 1520 | 1530 | 1540 | 1550 | 1560 | 1570 | 1580 | 1590 | 1600 | 1610 | 1620 | 1630 | 1640 | 1650 | 1660 | 1670 | 1680 | 1690 | 1700 | 1710 | 1720 | 1730 | 1740 | 1750 | 1760 | 1770 | 1780 | 1790 | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 |
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1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|title=Antigua and Barbuda|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Antigua_and_Barbuda.html|website=WORLD STATESMEN.org|accessdate=21 January 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Antigua and Barbuda|url=http://caricom.org/about-caricom/who-we-are/our-governance/heads-of-government/antigua|website=CARICOM|accessdate=8 January 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Our History|url=http://www.bahamas.com/history|publisher=The Islands Of The Bahamas|accessdate=8 January 2017}}
4. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Bahamas|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Bahamas.html|website=WORLD STATESMEN.org|accessdate=21 January 2017}}
5. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=Barbados|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Barbados.html|website=WORLD STATESMEN.org|accessdate=21 January 2017}}
6. ^1 {{cite web|title=The West Indies Federation|url=http://caricom.org/community/the-west-indies-federation/|website=CARICOM|accessdate=8 January 2017|language=English}}
7. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=Belize|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Belize.html|website=WORLD STATESMEN.org|accessdate=21 January 2017}}
8. ^1 {{cite web|title=Belize profile - Timeline|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18727129|website=BBC News|publisher=BCC|accessdate=16 December 2016|language=English|date=1 November 2015}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=British Columbia Timeline|url=http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/province/bcztimeln.htm|website=worldatlas.com|accessdate=10 January 2017}}
10. ^{{cite web|title=New Brunswick History|url=http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/gateways/about_nb/history.html|publisher=Government of New Brunswick|accessdate=10 January 2017}}
11. ^1 2 {{cite web|author1=Brendan Anthony O'Grady|author2=Barry Moody|title=Nova Scotia|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Nova-Scotia|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, inc.|accessdate=10 January 2017|date=26 November 2013}}
12. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|title=Island Information: Historical Milestones|url=http://www.gov.pe.ca/infopei/index.php3?number=12183&lang=E|website=Prince Edward Island|publisher=Government of Prince Edward Island|accessdate=10 January 2017}}
13. ^{{cite web|last1=Horváth|first1=Zoltán|title=Central America - Historical Unions and Federations|url=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/cam-us.html|website=Flags Of The World|accessdate=10 January 2017|date=12 August 2013}}
14. ^1 {{cite web|title=Haiti profile - Timeline|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-19548814|website=BBC News|publisher=BBC|accessdate=16 December 2016|language=English|date=12 October 2016}}
15. ^1 {{cite web|title=Haiti|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Haiti.htm|website=WORLD STATEMEN.org|accessdate=21 January 2017}}
16. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=Jamaica|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Jamaica.htm|website=WORLD STATESMEN.org|accessdate=21 January 2017}}
17. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Mexico|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Mexico.htm|website=WORLD STATESMEN.org|accessdate=21 January 2017}}
18. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite web|title=Saint kitts and Nevis|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.html|website=WORLD STATESMEN.org|accessdate=21 January 2017}}
19. ^{{cite web|title=St Lucia country profile|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-19833213|website=BBC News|publisher=BBC|accessdate=16 December 2016|language=English|date=7 June 2016}}
20. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|last1=Ramerini|first1=Marco|title=Dutch and Courlanders on Tobago. A history of the first settlements 1628-1677|url=http://www.colonialvoyage.com/tobago-dutch-courlanders/|website=Colonial Voyage|accessdate=21 January 2017}}
21. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=Timeline of Alaska's History|url=http://alaskacenters.gov/alaska-timeline.cfm|website=Alaska Public Lands Information Centers|accessdate=27 June 2016}}
22. ^’Unorganised territory’ was not an official name, rather it referred to any United States territory without an official name.
23. ^Colorado at this point in time was split between the Kansas Territory, Utah Territory, Nebraska Territory and the New Mexico Territory, with the majority being within the Kansas Territory.
24. ^{{cite web|title=BRIEF HISTORY OF MONTANA|url=http://mt.gov/discover/brief_history.mcpx|website=montana.gov|accessdate=12 January 2017}}
25. ^{{cite web|title=A Brief History of the Danish West Indies, 1666-1917|url=http://www.virgin-islands-history.dk/eng/vi_hist.asp|website=Virgin Islands history|publisher=Danish National Archives|accessdate=27 June 2016}}