The United States of America (U.S.A.) was a country on the continent of North America. It's government was the Federal government of the United States.
It was situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lied between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska was in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii was an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possessed several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
It was one of the Earth'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 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.
Locations[]
Regions[]
- American South
- East Coast
- Gulf Coast
- Midwestern United States
- Northwestern United States
- New England
- Western United States
States[]
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Territories[]
Capital District[]
Significant historical events in America[]
- Revolutionary War
- Independence Day
- Old West
- American Civil War
- NASA's mission to the Moon
- First Manned-Mission to Mars
- Colonial Era
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- ↑ As seen in the video The Super Powers Collection: The Effect of the Toy Industry on the Superfriends (2007).
- ↑ As seen in The Moonman.