Prior to independence the lands that would become the original states of the United States were colonies of England.
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Before Canada existed as a nation, Alaska was owned by Russia. Russia then sold Alaska to the United States.
The Articles of Confederation set up an independent government in the years before the Constitution was ratified.
Before President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase from the French, the ownership of that land moved around. First it was owned by France. Then, it became Spain's. Penultimately, it was the French, then the US.
It is largely privately owned.
The United States goverment.