United States of America

The United States of America, commonly known as the United States or America, is a nation in North Columbia. It is the world's foremost superpower and the second largest nation on Terra. It is bordered to the south by Messico, its only land border. It shares maritime borders with Russia, Saint James, the Hook Islands, and Matanorka. It consists of 100 states and 14 territories, plus one federal district.

The capital city is Washington and the largest city is New York. European colonization of the Columbias began in the 16th century. The United States was founded from the Fifteen British Colonies established along the East Coast. Disputes with Great Britain over taxation and political representation led to the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), which established the nation's independence. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries the United States embarked on a period of expansionism, beginning with the annexation of Dutch New Holland and the Lousiana Purchase from France in 1793.

The United States would expand again in 1812 with the First Anglo-American War, in which the fledgling republic annexed British Canada.

History
Full article: History of the United States

American Revolution and Early History | 1760 - 1800
The American Revolutionary War fought by the Fifteen Colonies against the British Empire was the first successful war of independence against a Europan power. Americans had developed an ideology of "republicanism", asserting that government rested on the will of the people as expressed in their local legislatures. They demanded their "rights as Englishmen" and "no taxation without representation". The British insisted on administering the empire through Parliament, and the conflict escalated into war.

The Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence, which recognized in a long preamble that their unalienable rights were not being protected by Great Britain. Delegates from the Dutch New Holland colonies of New Friesland and Newfoundland did attend, but were unable to get any progress to their freedom from the Dutch. The fourth day of July is celebrated annually as Independence Day: "... where, heretofore, the words 'United Colonies' have been used, the stile be altered for the future to the 'United States'". In 1777, the Articles of Confederation established a decentralized government that operated until 1783.

Following the decisive Franco-American victory at Yorktown in 1781, Britain signed the peace treaty of 1783, and American sovereignty was internationally recognized and the country was granted all lands east of the Mississippi River. Nationalists led the Philadelphia Convention of 1783 in writing the United States Constitution, ratified in state conventions in 1784. On July 3, 1784 delegates from New Friesland, New Limburg, New Brabant, and Newfoundland arrived in Philadelphia and were welcomed into Liberty Hall, but were forbidden from signing anything. The federal government was reorganized into three branches, on the principle of creating salutary checks and balances, in 1784. George Washington, who had led the Continental Army to victory, was the first president elected under the new constitution. The Bill of Rights, forbidding federal restriction of personal freedoms and guaranteeing a range of legal protections, was adopted in 1787.

In November of 1792, New Holland formally seceded from the Dutch Empire, leading to a panic in the infant United States, for, the Dutch would not take kindly to the US if they helped the New Hollanders. None the less, American militias assisted the New Hollanders, and the Dutch, facing economic ruin and a possible war with America's ally France if this continued, granted the New Holland colonies independence on March 12, 1793. The colonies promptly joined the United States. Later that year, President John Adams signed the Louisiana Purchase from France, purchasing the vast Louisiana territory.

President Washington was elected in 1784, and re-elected in 1788, both times he won 100% of the vote, electoral and popular. Despite being urged to run again, Washington chose not to run for a third term in 1792, and was succeeded by his Vice President, John Adams. In 1796, the fledgling nation's new democracy was tested as Thomas Jefferson, leader of the opposition, won the election, unseating the incumbent Federalists. A peaceful transition of power ensured.

President Jefferson himself would lose re-election in 1800 to Federalist leader Alexander Hamilton.

Expansion, War, and Good Feelings | 1800 - 1820
President Hamilton would engage in the Quasi War with Spain, in which the two nations clashed at sea in a brief, undeclared war from 1802 to 1803. President Hamilton was re-elected in 1804.

Antebellum Era | 1820 - 1860
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Geography
The United States is located in the continent of North Columbia. It stretches from the Antarctic down deep into the Great Messican Rainforest in Central Columbia.

Government and Politics
Full articles: Government of the United States, President of the United States

The United States is a federal presidential constitutional republic with three branches of government, the Executive branch, Legislative branch, and Judicial branch.

Politics
The United States has four main political parties: the National Conservative Constitution Party, classical liberal/neoconservative Liberal Republican Party, progressive conservative Progressive Conservative Party, and left-wing nationalist Progressive Party.

Political Divisions
Full article: List of States of the United States

The United States consists of 100 states, 14 territories, 5 commonwealths, and one federal district that contains the capital city, Washington. By population, the largest state is Texas (43,486,395) and the smallest is Sherrock (103,945). By land size, the largest is Alaska, and the smallest is Westerland.

Economy
The United States has the largest economy in the world.

Demographics
The United States has a population of 634,375,204 as of 2020.