United States of America

The United States of America (U.S.A.) is a country on the continent of North America.

The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.

It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries.

The United States was founded by thirteen British colonies located along the Atlantic seaboard. On July 4, 1776, they issued the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed their right to self-determination and their establishment of a cooperative union. The rebellious states defeated the British Empire in the American Revolution, the first successful colonial war of independence. The current United States Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787; its ratification the following year made the states part of a single republic with a strong central government. The Bill of Rights, comprising ten constitutional amendments guaranteeing many fundamental civil rights and freedoms, was ratified in 1791.

In the 19th century, the United States acquired land from France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Russia, and annexed the Republic of Texas and the Republic of Hawaii.

List of U.S. states
Below is a list of all 50 of the United States plus popular locations in them.

Colorado

 * Rocky Mountains

District of Columbia

 * Washington, D.C.
 * National Mall
 * Washington Monument
 * Lincoln Memorial

Hawaii

 * Maui

Illinois

 * Chicago

Kansas

 * Smallville
 * Dairy Land

Kentucky

 * Fort Knox

Louisiana

 * New Orleans

Missouri

 * Central City

New Jersey

 * Gotham City Conjecture, based on the comics. Most continuities have portrayed Gotham City as being in the state of New Jersey.

New York

 * Metropolis
 * New York City
 * New York Harbor
 * Liberty Island
 * Statue of Liberty
 * United Nations Headquarters
 * Manhattan
 * Brooklyn
 * Brooklyn Bridge

Rhode Island

 * Happy Harbor