This page deals with events in the United States, its insular areas, and other American interests.

Unlike states, sovereignty over insular areas rests not with the local people, but in Congress.

Since 'territory' now has legal definition under federal law, the term 'insular area' is used as a generic reference.

It ended with American control over the islands which were then administered as an insular area.

In the contemporary sense, the term "unincorporated territory" refers primarily to insular areas.

The bishop from an American insular area has been granted observer status.

With insular areas, land could be held by the federal government without the prospect of its ever becoming a state in the Union.

However, a major issue early in the 20th century was whether the whole Constitution applied to the territories called insular areas by Congress.

(1) All matters regarding insular areas of the United States.

However, unofficial flags are in use on five of these eleven insular areas: