United States
The United States of America is a large republic in North America.[1] The USA was formerly thirteen separate colonies of the United Kingdom, that broke away and declared independence in 1776.
The declaration was followed by a six year War of American Independence.
The republic is based on the United States Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.[2][3]
During the 19th Century the USA acquired territory in North America through wartime conquest, with Native Americans and with Mexico, and through purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France, and throught the purchase of Alaska from Russia. In 1898 The USA entered int the Spanish American War and acquired former Spanish colonies, including Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and what is now American Samoa and the American Virgin Islands.
The United States was a slave-owning country, from its founding to 1865.
During the 19th Century the United States went from a industrially backwards country to a country with one of the World`s greatest Gross National Products.
Alabama | AL | Montgomery | 1819-12-14 | 5,024,279 52,420 135,767 7 |
Alaska | AK | Juneau | 1959-01-03 | 733,391 665,384 1,723,337 1 |
Arizona | AZ | Phoenix | 1912-02-14 | 7,151,502 113,990 295,234 9 |
Arkansas | AR | Little Rock | 1836-06-15 | 3,011,524 53,179 137,732 4 |
California | CA | Sacramento | 1850-09-09 | 39,538,223 163,695 423,967 52 |
Colorado | CO | Denver | 1876-08-01 | 5,773,714 104,094 269,601 8 |
Connecticut | CT | Hartford | 1788-01-09 | 3,605,944 5,543 14,357 5 |
Delaware | DE | Dover | 1787-12-07 | 989,948 2,489 6,446 1 |
Florida | FL | Tallahassee | 1845-03-03 | 21,538,187 65,758 170,312 28 |
Georgia | GA | Atlanta | 1788-01-02 | 10,711,908 59,425 153,910 14 |
Hawaii | HI | Honolulu | 1959-08-21 | 1,455,271 10,932 28,313 2 |
Idaho | ID | Boise | 1890-07-03 | 1,839,106 83,569 216,443 2 |
Illinois | IL | Springfield | 1818-12-03 | 12,812,508 57,914 149,995 17 |
Indiana | IN | Indianapolis | 1816-12-11 | 6,785,528 36,420 94,326 9 |
Iowa | IA | Des Moines | 1846-12-28 | 3,190,369 56,273 145,746 4 |
Kansas | KS | Topeka | 1861-01-29 | 2,937,880 82,278 213,100 4 |
Kentucky | KY | Frankfort | 1792-06-01 | 4,505,836 40,408 104,656 6 |
Louisiana | LA | Baton Rouge | 1812-04-30 | 4,657,757 52,378 135,659 6 |
Maine | ME | Augusta | 1820-03-15 | 1,362,359 35,380 91,633 2 |
Maryland | MD | Annapolis | 1788-04-28 | 6,177,224 12,406 32,131 8 |
Massachusetts | MA | Boston | 1788-02-06 | 7,029,917 10,554 27,336 9 |
Michigan | MI | Lansing | 1837-01-26 | 10,077,331 96,714 250,487 13 |
Minnesota | MN | Saint Paul | 1858-05-11 | 5,706,494 86,936 225,163 8 |
Mississippi | MS | Jackson | 1817-12-10 | 2,961,279 48,432 125,438 4 |
Missouri | MO | Jefferson City | 1821-08-18 | 6,154,913 69,707 180,540 8 |
Montana | MT | Helena | 1889-11-08 | 1,084,225 147,040 380,831 2 |
Nebraska | NE | Lincoln | 1867-03-01 | 1,961,504 77,348 200,330 3 |
Nevada | NV | Carson City | 1864-10-31 | 3,104,614 110,572 286,380 4 |
New Hampshire | NH | Concord | 1788-06-21 | 1,377,529 9,349 24,214 2 |
New Jersey | NJ | Trenton | 1787-12-18 | 9,288,994 8,723 22,591 12 |
New Mexico | NM | Santa Fe | 1912-01-06 | 2,117,522 121,590 314,917 3 |
New York | NY | Albany | 1788-07-26 | 20,201,249 54,555 141,297 26 |
North Carolina | NC | Raleigh | 1789-11-21 | 10,439,388 53,819 139,391 14 |
North Dakota | ND | Bismarck | 1889-11-02 | 779,094 70,698 183,108 1 |
Ohio | OH | Columbus | 1803-03-01 | 11,799,448 44,826 116,098 15 |
Oklahoma | OK | Oklahoma City | 1907-11-16 | 3,959,353 69,899 181,037 5 |
Oregon | OR | Salem | 1859-02-14 | 4,237,256 98,379 254,799 6 |
Pennsylvania | PA | Harrisburg | 1787-12-12 | 13,002,700 46,054 119,280 17 |
Rhode Island | RI | Providence | 1790-05-29 | 1,097,379 1,545 4,001 2 |
South Carolina | SC | Columbia | 1788-05-23 | 5,118,425 32,020 82,933 7 |
South Dakota | SD | Pierre | 1889-11-02 | 886,667 77,116 199,729 1 |
Tennessee | TN | Nashville | 1796-06-01 | 6,910,840 42,144 109,153 9 |
Texas | TX | Austin | 1845-12-29 | 29,145,505 268,596 695,662 38 |
Utah | UT | Salt Lake City | 1896-01-04 | 3,271,616 84,897 219,882 4 |
Vermont | VT | Montpelier | 1791-03-04 | 643,077 9,616 24,906 1 |
Virginia | VA | Richmond | 1788-06-25 | 8,631,393 42,775 110,787 11 |
Washington | WA | Olympia | 1889-11-11 | 7,705,281 71,298 184,661 10 |
West Virginia | WV | Charleston | 1863-06-20 | 1,793,716 24,230 62,756 2 |
Wisconsin | WI | Madison | 1848-05-29 | 5,893,718 65,496 169,635 8 |
Wyoming | WY | Cheyenne | 1890-07-10 | 576,851 97,813 253,335 |
References
- ↑ David E. Shi (2011-07-01). "A war of independence that divided American colonies". Atlanta Journal Constitution. https://www.ajc.com/opinion/a-war-of-independence-995679.html. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
- ↑ "Constitution of the United States". http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html/. Retrieved 2012-06-24. "The Federal Convention convened in the State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on May 14, 1787, to revise the Articles of Confederation."
- ↑ "150th Anniversary of the Bill of Rights is Commemorated". Evening Standard. 1941-12-15. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uPdPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J1UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4259,2554961&dq=united+states+bill+of+rights&hl=en. Retrieved 2012-06-24. "It was Virgina which voted on Dec. 15, 1791, the final state ratification necessary to make the bill of rights the law of the land."