United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or simply America, is a country primarily located in North America and consisting of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, and nine Minor Outlying Islands., November 1997, pp. 1, 6, 39n. Both viewed April 6, 2016.}} It includes 326 Indian reservations. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area., the United States is the third-largest country in the world by land area, behind Russia and China. By total area (land and water), it is the third-largest behind Russia and Canada, if its coastal and territorial water areas are included. However, if only its internal waters are included (bays, sounds, rivers, lakes, and the Great Lakes), the U.S. is the fourth-largest, after Russia, Canada, and China.
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Only internal waters included: |name=largestcountry}} It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. BVI is a British Overseas Territory but itself is not a part of the United Kingdom. Puerto Rico has a maritime border with the Dominican Republic. American Samoa has a maritime border with the Cook Islands, maintained under the Cook Islands–United States Maritime Boundary Treaty. American Samoa also has maritime borders with independent Samoa and Niue.}} With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third-most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C., and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City.
Indigenous peoples have inhabited the Americas for thousands of years. Beginning in 1607, British colonization led to the establishment of the Thirteen Colonies in what is now the Eastern United States. They clashed with the British Crown over taxation and political representation which led to the American Revolution and the ensuing Revolutionary War. The United States declared independence on July 4, 1776, becoming the first nation-state founded on Enlightenment principles of unalienable natural rights, consent of the governed, and liberal democracy. The country began expanding across North America, spanning the continent by 1848. Sectional division over slavery led to the secession of the Confederate States of America, which fought the remaining states of the Union during the American Civil War (1861–1865). With the Union's victory and preservation, slavery was abolished nationally. By 1890, the United States had established itself as a great power, becoming the world's largest economy. After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S. entered World War II on the side of the Allies. The aftermath of the war left the United States and the Soviet Union as the world's two superpowers and led to the Cold War. During the Cold War, both countries engaged in a struggle for ideological dominance but avoided direct military conflict. They also competed in the Space Race, which culminated in the 1969 landing of Apollo 11, making the U.S. the only nation to land humans on the Moon. With the Soviet Union's collapse and the subsequent end of the Cold War in 1991, the United States emerged as the world's sole superpower.
The United States government is a federal republic and a representative democracy with three separate branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial. It has a bicameral national legislature composed of the House of Representatives, a lower house based on population; and the Senate, an upper house based on equal representation for each state. Many policy issues are decentralized at a state or local level, with widely differing laws by jurisdiction. The U.S. ranks highly in international measures of quality of life, income and wealth, economic competitiveness, human rights, innovation, and education; it has low levels of perceived corruption. It has higher levels of incarceration and inequality than most other liberal democracies, and is the only liberal democracy without universal healthcare. As a melting pot of cultures and ethnicities, the U.S. has been drastically shaped by the world's largest immigrant population.
The United States is a developed country that has the highest disposable income per capita in the world. Its economy accounts for approximately a quarter of global GDP and is the world's largest by GDP at market exchange rates. It is the world's largest importer and second-largest exporter, and possesses the largest amount of wealth of any country. The United States is a founding member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States, NATO, World Health Organization, and is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. It wields considerable global influence as the world's foremost political, cultural, economic, military, and scientific power. Provided by Wikipedia
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2by United States. Army. Pacific Division
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3by United States. Army. Pacific Division
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4Washington, D.C., The National Archives, National Archives and Records Service.
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6Published 1988Holmes Beach, Fla. : Wm. W. Gaunt & Sons, 1988.3 v. ; 22 cm.Also available on microfiche.“...United States...”
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7Published 1867Sante Fe : Office of Secretary, Territory of New Mexico, 1867.1 online resource (91 pages)“...United States...”
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8by Hickey, William, 1798-1866
Published 1878Baltimore : published by John Murphy & Co., for the benefit of the heirs of William Hickey, 1878.1 online resource (lx, 624 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles.“...United States...”
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9Published 1782[Philadelphia] : [Printed by David C. Claypoole], [1782]1 online resource (1 sheet)“...United States...”
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10Published 1838Washington City : G. Templeman, 1838.1 online resource (xxvi, 288 p.)“...United States...”
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11Published 1910Philadelphia : George T. Bisel Co., [1910]1 online resource (lvi, 556 pages)“...United States...”
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12Published 1783À Philadelphie [that is, Paris] ; Et se trouve à Paris : Chez Ph.-D. Pierres : Pissot, père & fils, libraires, 1783.1 online resource (540 pages)“...United States...”
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13by Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Published 1860Philadelphia : G.G. Evans, 1860.504 p. : port. ; 20 cm.“...United States...”
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14Published 1904Washington : G.P.O., 1904-1 online resource (7 v.)Also available on microfiche.“...United States...”
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15Published 1816Natchez [Miss.] : Printed by Peter Isler, printer to the territory, 1816.1 online resource (495 pages, 27 unnumbered pages)“...United States...”
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16Published 1934[Montpelier, Vt.] : [Capital City Press], 1934.1 online resource (xxiii, 1603, 219 pages)“...United States...”
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17Published 1927[Des Moines : State of Iowa], 1927.1 online resource (xxxii, 2020 p.)“...United States...”
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18Published 1899Jefferson City, Mo. : Tribune Printing Company, State printers, 1899.1 online resource (2 volumes (viii, 2589, ccxlix pages))“...United States...”
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19Published 1825Washington : Edward de Krafft, printer, 1825.1 online resource (xxxi, 279 pages)“...United States...”
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20Published 1947Des Moines : State of Iowa, 1947.1 online resource (31 pages)“...United States...”
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