The islands have belonged to the United States since they were purchased in 1917. (wikipedia.org)
The islands were eventually sold to the United States for $25 million (equivalent to $571,040,000 in 2022) which took over the administration on 31 March 1917 and renamed the territory the United States Virgin Islands. (wikipedia.org)
West Indies8
Water Island was part of the Danish West Indies until 1905, when the Danish state sold it to the East Asiatic Company, a private shipping company. (wikipedia.org)
Britain occupied the Danish West Indies in 1801-1802 and 1807-1815 during the Napoleonic Wars. (wikipedia.org)
Danish colonizers in the West Indies aimed to exploit the profitable triangular trade, involving the export of firearms and other manufactured goods to Africa in exchange for slaves, who were then transported to the Caribbean to work the sugar plantations. (wikipedia.org)
The economy of the Danish West Indies depended on slavery. (wikipedia.org)
Denmark tried several times to sell or exchange the Danish West Indies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: to the United States and to the German Empire, respectively. (wikipedia.org)
Merchants in Copenhagen asked King Christian IV for permission to establish a West Indian trading company in 1622, but, by the time an eight-year monopoly on trade with the West Indies, Virginia, Brazil and Guinea was granted on 25 January 1625, the failure of the Danish East India and Iceland Companies and the beginning of Danish involvement in the Thirty Years' War dried up any interest in the idea. (wikipedia.org)
It was not until Erik Smit's private 1652 expedition aboard the Fortuna was successful that interest in the West Indies' trade grew into an interest in the creation of a new Danish colony. (wikipedia.org)
Treaty of the Danish West Indies signed by President Wilson, ceding the Danish West Indies to the United States after their purchase from Denmark , and renaming them the US Virgin Islands . (cloudfront.net)
Sovereignty2
All citizens present on lands over which the United States extended its sovereignty had full constitutional rights that for men potentially included voting rights. (southerncalifornialawreview.com)
The treaty recognized the sovereignty of the United States and marked the beginning of a new era in American history. (whatsupuniversity.com)
Paris1
The Treaty of Paris, which was signed in 1783, marked the official end of the American Revolution. (whatsupuniversity.com)
Declaration6
After centuries of struggle, slavery was eventually declared illegal at the global level in 1948 under the United Nations ' Universal Declaration of Human Rights . (wikipedia.org)
After the Lisbon Treaty was rejected in 2008, our Government again made a National Declaration affirming the Triple Lock, to encourage the Irish people to vote Yes in the second referendum. (pana.ie)
This step would be effectively a repudiation of the Seville Declaration which induced Irish voters to vote Yes to the ratification of the EU's Nice Treaty by referendum in 2002, having rejected that treaty by referendum the year before. (pana.ie)
Spelling out the Triple Lock in the 2002 Seville Declaration was the key factor used to persuade the Irish people to change their vote on the Nice Treaty. (pana.ie)
In return, the European Council of Member State Governments made the following Declaration: "The European Council takes cognizance of the National Declaration of Ireland presented at its meeting in Seville on 21-22 June 2002. (pana.ie)
It notes that Ireland intends to associate its National Declaration with its act of ratification of the Treaty of Nice, should the people of Ireland in a referendum decide to accept the Treaty of Nice. (pana.ie)
Colony2
In 1852, the Danish parliament first debated the sale of the increasingly unprofitable colony. (wikipedia.org)
Following a hurricane and a renewed outbreak of disease, the colony collapsed, with the English departing for the nearby French colony on Saint Croix, the Danes fleeing to Saint Christopher, and the Dutch assisting their countrymen on Ter Tholen in stealing everything of value, particularly the remaining Danish guns and ammunition. (wikipedia.org)
Secretary of St1
U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned over a disagreement regarding the nation's handling of the RMS Lusitania sinking. (cloudfront.net)
Colonies2
The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place in the late 18th century, in which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected British monarchy and aristocracy, overthrew the authority of Great Britain, and founded the United States of America . (whatsupuniversity.com)
The colonies united under the Continental Congress, and the War of Independence began. (whatsupuniversity.com)
Expedition1
Bering's first voyage, in 1728, was inconclusive, but on a subsequent expedition in 1741, one of his ships sighted land on July 15 near Cape Addington off southeastern Alaska, and on the following day Bering himself glimpsed through suddenly clearing clouds the rugged coast line of Kayak Island and a soaring, snow-capped mountain which he named Mount St. Elias after the saint of the day. (americanheritage.com)
Slavery2
In 1808 the United States outlawed the international slave trade and importation of slaves but did not yet ban slavery outright. (wikipedia.org)
The United States would pass the 13th amendment in December 1865 after having just fought a bloody Civil War in order to end slavery for non-criminals. (wikipedia.org)
Revolution1
All of these factors came together to spark the American Revolution in 1775, which led to the establishment of the United States of America after years of fighting and negotiations with Britain. (whatsupuniversity.com)
Nations4
an island republic in the Indian Ocean, S of India: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. (en-academic.com)
Following the defeat of the Nice Treaty referendum, Ireland committed that our Defence Forces would only be sent overseas where approved by (i) the Government (ii) the Dáil and (iii) the United Nations. (pana.ie)
I am writing to express my concern at the Government's proposals to enable the Defence Forces to serve abroad in missions unauthorised by the United Nations. (pana.ie)
In my view, adherence to the charter and values of the United Nations should remain a core part of Irish foreign policy and I urge you to vote against these proposals. (pana.ie)
Haiti1
July 28, 1915: The United States occupation of Haiti began. (cloudfront.net)
India2
When the Danish West India-Guinea Company went bankrupt in 1754, King Frederik V of Denmark-Norway assumed direct control of the three islands. (wikipedia.org)
The Danish West India Company was organized in December and formally chartered by King Christian V the next year on 11 March 1671. (wikipedia.org)
Important1
As the most important treaty of World War I , it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allied Powers . (scientiaen.com)
Text1
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Years2
Two years later, a Danish flotilla was destroyed by a hurricane in August. (wikipedia.org)
To his guests he pointed out those who, during his brief eight years in the State Department, had passed from the scene. (americanheritage.com)
History1
The sentiment today has the ring of irony: one need only contemplate the present implications of Alaska as a strong Russian beachhead in North America-instead of as the union's forty-ninth state-to realize how history has justified, in a way and to a degree even he could not have foreseen, the bold action of that "grey, bent, and weary" man. (americanheritage.com)
British1
Background: Occupied by the Portuguese in the 16th century and the Dutch in the 17th century, the island was ceded to the British in 1802. (en-academic.com)
Company1
It now includes 12 municipalities as well as two regions, a Danish water and wastewater company and the Ministry of the Environment and Food. (oecd-ilibrary.org)
Republic1
United States Marines invaded the Dominican Republic . (cloudfront.net)
Made1
Known as the "Triple Lock", this commitment made in Seville, Spain, was a key argument in favour of accepting the Nice Treaty in the second referendum. (pana.ie)
Parts2
These two chains meet in the middle of the Great Island (Honshiu), dividing it into two parts which present striking contrasts as much from the political as from the geographical point of view. (newadvent.org)
This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. (gutenberg.org)
Lives1
It would nonetheless be inaccurate to state that the average American lives in a childless couple arrangement as 71.3% do not. (wikipedia.org)
Approximately1
The Danish municipalities are responsible for the majority - approximately two thirds - of public procurement. (oecd-ilibrary.org)
South1
The country is traversed by two chains of mountains, one a part of Sakhalin Island, the other south-east of China crossing Formosa. (newadvent.org)