Colonial Possessions, 1914
WorldGeopoliticalThe territorial possessions of the world controlled by European powers, the Ottoman Empire, Japan, and the United States in 1914
natureColonial possessions in 1914, color-coded by colonizing country. For example, France's colonies are in lavender, the Austria colonies in dark gray, and Germany's in yellow. Colonies are spread across Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific.
United Kingdom | Settled 1750–1850 | Settled by 1750 | Settled by 1910 | Commercial gardening | Dairy | Grain | Intensive subsistence, wet rice not dominant | Little or no agriculture | Livestock Ranching | Mediterranean | Mixed crop and livestock | Plantation | |
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Alaska | 0.159% | ||||||||||||
Arizona | 1.44% | 11.4% | 12.2% | 74.4% | 0.405% | 0.105% | |||||||
Utah | 4.68% | 30.1% | 2.61% | 10.7% | |||||||||
Yukon | 100% | 100% | |||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 99.3% | 0.342% | |||||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | 100% | |||||||||||
Florida | 35.0% | 1.81% | 44.5% | 0.114% | 0.118% | ||||||||
Idaho | 17.6% | 4.10% | 31.1% | 53.6% | |||||||||
New Hampshire | 0.148% | 68.1% | 28.3% | 3.60% | 23.1% | 76.9% | |||||||
Rhode Island | 2.94% | 3.94% | |||||||||||
Vermont | 0.322% | 97.2% | 2.78% | 0.385% | 99.6% | ||||||||
Washington | 1.36% | 26.5% | 11.0% | 0.217% | 6.88% | 24.7% | |||||||
Wyoming | 7.05% | 10.2% | 23.1% | 18.3% | |||||||||
Nunavut | 97.8% | 0.595% | |||||||||||
Montana | 22.9% | 25.6% | 30.7% | 5.29% | |||||||||
Maine | 0.420% | 60.5% | 4.65% | 34.3% | 0.284% | 20.2% | 37.6% | 12.1% | |||||
North Dakota | 97.5% | 32.1% | 63.4% | 2.35% | 2.14% | ||||||||
Kentucky | 100% | 100% | |||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 95.1% | 13.9% | 5.00% | 0.183% | 49.4% | ||||||||
Virginia | 27.6% | 72.3% | 12.3% | 80.1% | |||||||||
Delaware | 99.6% | 99.1% | |||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 86.9% | 21.9% | 98.4% | ||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 100% | 19.8% | 1.89% | 11.9% | 81.2% | 5.04% | |||||||
Mississippi | 98.9% | 17.6% | 49.2% | 33.2% | |||||||||
West Virginia | 93.8% | 6.16% | 13.1% | 86.9% | |||||||||
Nebraska | 84.7% | 33.9% | 2.53% | 63.6% | |||||||||
Texas | 22.3% | 1.00% | 3.30% | 2.73% | 33.1% | 56.8% | 0.184% | ||||||
Missouri | 98.8% | 1.13% | 96.0% | 4.01% | |||||||||
Louisiana | 80.3% | 9.57% | 5.23% | 0.203% | 45.3% | 11.7% | |||||||
Hawaii | 1.65% | 58.6% | |||||||||||
North Carolina | 58.0% | 5.50% | 0.120% | 69.0% | |||||||||
Oregon | 2.57% | 45.6% | 3.15% | 41.2% | 22.3% | 5.82% | |||||||
New Brunswick | 98.8% | 65.9% | 3.53% | 0.147% | 0.167% | ||||||||
Alabama | 98.2% | 1.78% | 19.1% | 80.8% | |||||||||
New Mexico | 7.36% | 6.25% | 57.8% | 0.302% | 5.01% | 0.786% | 4.18% | ||||||
Kansas | 99.9% | 44.9% | 0.337% | 54.8% | |||||||||
Wisconsin | 2.94% | 82.7% | 97.7% | 0.782% | 1.50% | ||||||||
British Columbia | 96.8% | 1.58% | 1.22% | 2.96% | 0.192% | 1.58% | 0.252% | 17.2% | |||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 98.5% | 1.24% | 25.0% | ||||||||||
New Jersey | 1.38% | 98.3% | 0.133% | ||||||||||
South Carolina | 49.6% | 50.3% | 32.9% | 67.0% | |||||||||
Michigan | 31.3% | 37.6% | 99.0% | 0.555% | 0.431% | ||||||||
Alberta | 100% | 11.0% | 13.2% | 76.8% | 0.686% | 7.41% | |||||||
Connecticut | 99.9% | 99.9% | |||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 82.4% | 17.6% | 15.9% | 5.77% | 35.8% | ||||||||
Colorado | 88.3% | 0.215% | 35.4% | 46.4% | |||||||||
Nevada | 13.0% | 5.36% | 0.608% | 0.185% | |||||||||
Massachusetts | 10.9% | 87.0% | 0.491% | 6.18% | 0.195% | ||||||||
Georgia | 90.2% | 4.67% | 5.08% | 4.17% | 60.4% | ||||||||
New York | 0.177% | 83.0% | 2.86% | 3.57% | 2.89% | 55.9% | 15.1% | ||||||
Maryland | 11.6% | 87.5% | 0.157% | 24.7% | |||||||||
Québec | 99.7% | 3.95% | 2.81% | 1.06% | 0.475% | ||||||||
Manitoba | 99.9% | 7.10% | 2.12% | 97.9% | |||||||||
Oklahoma | 100% | 4.69% | 21.6% | 73.7% | |||||||||
Tennessee | 100% | 99.9% | |||||||||||
Ontario | 99.9% | 9.16% | 1.76% | 2.23% | 0.558% | 0.386% | 93.7% | ||||||
California | 1.21% | 26.0% | 4.11% | 9.14% | 51.8% | 34.7% | |||||||
Arkansas | 100% | 0.748% | 33.1% | 66.2% | |||||||||
South Dakota | 82.4% | 0.441% | 8.22% | 19.4% | 71.9% | ||||||||
Ohio | 100% | 40.0% | 60.0% | ||||||||||
Indiana | 100% | 4.74% | 95.3% | ||||||||||
Minnesota | 0.119% | 2.69% | 91.1% | 56.7% | 29.9% | 13.4% | |||||||
Iowa | 45.5% | 54.5% | 5.06% | 2.79% | 92.1% | ||||||||
Illinois | 98.6% | 1.40% | 5.45% | 18.4% | 76.2% |
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