The new england region, specifically Massachusetts.
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As for the largest number of ports, i'm pretty sure that the British and the French held the most of it.
I'm not sure about which one is the least though, but it won't be the country that had a strong military empire.
"containment", because the U.S wanted to contain communism and didn't want it to spread.