United States of America – Profile and History

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic that consists of a federal district and fifty states. The country is located in the central portion of the North American continent. The country’s 48 adjoining states, as well as the capital city, Washington, D.C, lie down amid the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean, margined in the north by Canada, and in the south by Mexico. In the northwest part of the northern American continent, lies the Alaska state, with Canada laying to the east and to the west lies Russia transversely the Bering Strait. In the mid-Pacific, the Hawaii state is an archipelago. A number of territories of the United States are located in the Pacific and as well as on the Caribbean.

The country encompasses an area of 3.79 million square, miles (9.83 million square km). In terms of total area, the country ranks third, likewise, it occupies the third slot in terms of population and land area. It is the majority racially varied and a multicultural country in the globe. It is a product of big scale immigration from various countries. The biggest economy in the world is the U.S. economy, with an anticipated 2010 GDP of $14.53 trillion (nominal GDP of 23 percent, a global GDP of over 19%, at acquiring-power parity.

The native people descend from the migrated ancestors of Asia and inhabitated the present day mainland of United States for a several years. Subsequent to the European contact, the population of native America was greatly diminished by sickness and warfare. The united Sates were discoverd through 13 British colonies, which is situated alongside the Atlantic seaboard.

A declaration was issued on July 4, 1776. This declaration declared the self determination right, and a cooperative union establishment.

The economy of the United States became the largest, in the year 1970s. The Spanish – American war and the World War I established the status of United States, as a military power.

Since the First World War, the United States of America surfaced as the primary county with nuclear weapons and also a permanent member in the United Nations.

Capital: Washington

Independence from The kingdom of Great Britain: July 4, 1776 (declared), September 3, 1783(recognized).
Language: English’

Religion: Christians (78.4%), Judaism accounts for 1.7%, Buddhism comprises of 0.7%, Islam constitutes 0.6%, Hinduism consists of 0.4%, and Unitarian Universalism accounts for0.3%.

Time: UTC−5 to −10, Summer (DST) (UTC−4 to −10)

The Native American and the settlement of the Europeans

The ancient people of the United States comprise of the Alaska natives. They are supposed to have drifted from Asia, commencing since amid 12,000 and 40,000 years before.

Grand architecture, Advance agriculture, and the state level societies are developed by pre-Columbia Misisippie culture.

Under contract to the Spanish crown, Christopher Columbus, the Genoese explorer, arrive at arrived at the Caribbean islands, he had the primary contact with the native people.

In 1607, the British army established their first successful English settlement called the Virginia colony at Jamestown.

Later tensions cropped and intensified between the American colonies and the British in the 1706s, and in the early part of the 1770s, which lead to the American revolutionary war. The war was battled from the year of 1775 to the 1781.

A continental army was formed under the command of George Washington, on June 14, 1775, at Philadelphia with the proclamation, “that all men created are equal “and are gifted "certain unalienable Rights". Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, had a prominent role in drafting Declaration of Independence, which was accepted by the Congress on July 4 in the year 1776. At present the date is celebrated as the Independence Day of America.

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