The Company was formed by the French for the exploitation of their American possessions.

However he favored independence for Spain's American possessions and was exiled in 1811.

The city of Augusta changed hands three times during the war, finally returning to American possession in July 1781.

However, the French were finally forced to concede, losing almost all of their North American possessions.

He greatly improved the colonial system of France, and prohibited the slave trade in its American possessions.

A key source of wealth was gold and silver from its Latin American possessions.

Rob, a friend of mine, pointed out that my remaining American possessions aren't easily duplicated.

The island becomes the first American possession in the Pacific area.

Washington still insists that soil samples in American possession conclusively prove that an early stage of nerve gas production was taking place at the plant.

The British government furthermore conceded that Swains was an American possession.