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Dictionary definition: Virgin Islands of the United States
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- A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
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Virgin Islands of the United States
The larger part of the Caribbean Virgin Island group consisting of some 60 islands, they were under Danish sovereignty until they were bought by the USA in 1916 for $25,000,000. Their residents became US citizens in 1927, and a civilian administration took over from the US Navy in 1931. Defined by a 1936 Organic Act as an ...
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