President-elect Donald Trump appears to be entertaining an American territorial expansion that, if he’s serious, would rival the Louisiana Purchase or the deal that netted Alaska from Russia.
yes but again its not typical it was a very specific thing. The land had belonged to two different states. the guam, puerto rico, us virgin islands are similar but dc is in on way similar.
And the people who live there don’t have representation in Congress, but that’s not the point.
The point is that it’s not a state. Just “being a possession of the United States” doesn’t confer statehood.
yes but again its not typical it was a very specific thing. The land had belonged to two different states. the guam, puerto rico, us virgin islands are similar but dc is in on way similar.
Alaska was purchased by the US in 1867. It didn’t get statehood until 1959.
Being a possession of the United States of America does not automatically make it a state.
true but its basically a bureaucracy thing at that point. as long as the it has a populace and they seek statehood its going to happen.