American Government Tenth Edition Outline' title='American Government Tenth Edition Outline' />Links to online books and articles relating to the American Revolution 17751783 generally and to the Southern Campaign specifically. These new items will be able to remain for a longer time on this page, and we will utilize dates to indicate when they were posted. American Government Tenth Edition Outline' title='American Government Tenth Edition Outline' />United States WikipediaUnited States of America, America, US, and USA redirect here. For the landmass comprising North, Central and South America, see Americas. For other uses, see America disambiguation, US disambiguation, USA disambiguation, and United States disambiguation. Coordinates 4. 0N1. W 4. 0N 1. 00W 4. United States of America. Capital. Washington, D. C. 3. 85. 3N7. 70. W 3. 8. 8. 83N 7. W 3. 8. 8. 83 7. Largest city. New York City. N7. W 4. N 7. 4. 0. 00W 4. Official languages. None at federal levelfn 2National language. Englishfn 3Ethnic groups2. By race 7. 7. 1 White. Black. 5. 6 Asian. Othermultiracial. Native. 0. 2 Pacific Islander. Ethnicity 1. 7. 6 Hispanic or Latino. Hispanic or Latino. Religion 2. 01. 577. Christian. 22. 8 Unaffiliated. Jewish. 0. 9 Muslim. Buddhist. 0. 7 Hindu. Other faiths. Demonym. American. Government. Federalpresidentialconstitutional republic. Donald Trump. Mike Pence. Paul Ryan. John Roberts. Legislature. Congress. Senate. House of Representatives. July 4, 1. 77. 6March 1, 1. September 3, 1. 78. Bcs Tractor Parts Manual here. June 2. 1, 1. 78. March 2. 4, 1. 97. Area Total area. Water 6. Total land area. Population 2. Density. 90. 6sq mi 3. GDP PPP2. 01. 6 estimate Total1. Per capita5. 7,2. GDP nominal2. 01. Total1. 8. 5. 58 trillion1. Per capita5. 7,4. Gini 2. 01. 3 4. HDI 2. Currency. United States dollar USDTime zoneUTC4 to 1. UTC4 to 1. 0fn 4Date formatmmddyyyy ADDrives on therightfn 5Calling code1. ISO 3. 16. 6 code. USInternet TLD. us. The United States of America USA, commonly known as the United States U. S. or America, is a federal republic composed of 5. At 3. 8 million square miles 9. United States is the worlds third or fourth largest country by total areafn 7 and the third most populous. The capital is Washington, D. C., and the largest city by population is New York City. Forty eight states and the capitals federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlife of the United States make it one of the worlds 1. Paleo Indiansmigrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 1. European colonization began in the 1. The United States emerged from the thirteen British colonies established along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the colonies following the French and Indian War led to the American Revolution, which began in 1. Declaration of Independence in 1. The war ended in 1. United States becoming the first country to gain independence from a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1. Bill of Rights, being ratified in 1. The United States embarked on a vigorous expansion across North America throughout the 1. Native American tribes, and gradually admitting new states until it spanned the continent by 1. During the second half of the 1. Civil War led to the outlawing of slavery. By the end of the century, the United States had extended into the Pacific Ocean,2. Industrial Revolution, began to soar. The SpanishAmerican War and World War I confirmed the countrys status as a global military power. The United States emerged from World War II as a global superpower, the first country to develop nuclear weapons, the only country to use them in warfare, and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union competed in the Space Race, culminating with the 1. The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1. United States as the worlds sole superpower. The United States is a founding member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States OAS, and other international organizations. The United States is a highly developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP and second largest economy by PPP, accounting for approximately a quarter of global GDP. The U. S. economy is the fastest growing in the Americas3. Though its population is only 4. Americans hold 3. The United States ranks among the highest nations in several measures of socioeconomic performance, including average wage,3. GDP, and productivity per person. The U. S. is the foremost military power in the world, making up a third of global military spending. It is also a global leader in science and technology. Etymology. In 1. 50. German cartographer Martin Waldseemller produced a world map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America in honor of the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci Latin Americus Vespucius. The first documentary evidence of the phrase United States of America is from a letter dated January 2, 1. Stephen Moylan, Esq., George Washingtons aide de camp and Muster Master General of the Continental Army. Addressed to Lt. Col. Joseph Reed, Moylan expressed his wish to carry the full and ample powers of the United States of America to Spain to assist in the revolutionary war effort. The first known publication of the phrase United States of America was in an anonymous essay in The Virginia Gazette newspaper in Williamsburg, Virginia, on April 6, 1. The second draft of the Articles of Confederation, prepared by John Dickinson and completed by June 1. The name of this Confederation shall be the United States of America. The final version of the Articles sent to the states for ratification in late 1. The Stile of this Confederacy shall be The United States of America. In June 1. 77. 6, Thomas Jefferson wrote the phrase UNITED STATES OF AMERICA in all capitalized letters in the headline of his original Rough draught of the Declaration of Independence. This draft of the document did not surface until June 2. Dickinson used the term in his June 1. Articles of Confederation. The short form United States is also standard. Other common forms are the U. S., the USA, and America. Colloquial names are the U. S. of A. and, internationally, the States. Columbia, a name popular in poetry and songs of the late 1. Christopher Columbus it appears in the name District of Columbia. The phrase United States was originally plural, a description of a collection of independent statese. United States areincluding in the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1. The singular forme. United States isbecame popular after the end of the American Civil War. The singular form is now standard the plural form is retained in the idiom these United States. The difference is more significant than usage it is a difference between a collection of states and a unit. A citizen of the United States is an American. United States, American and U. S. refer to the country adjectivally American values, U. S.  forces. In English, the word American rarely refers to topics or subjects not connected with the United States. History. Indigenous peoples and pre Columbian history. Artists re creation of the Kincaid Site from the prehistoric Mississippian culture, as it may have looked5.