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The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal union of 50 states, the federal capital district of Washington, D.C., and 326 Indian reservations.
The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
In the decades after World War II, the United States became a global influence in economic, political, military, cultural, and technological affairs. Following World War II, the United States emerged as one of the two dominant superpowers, the Soviet Union being the other.
The United States of America is a federal republic of 50 states, a federal district and 14 territories. It is located mostly in central North America.
The United States is a constitutional federal republic, in which the president (the head of state and head of government), Congress, and judiciary share powers reserved to the national government, and the federal government shares sovereignty with the state governments.
The United States is the third most populous country in the world, and the most populous in the Americas and the Western Hemisphere. [14] The Census Bureau showed a population increase of 0.4% for the twelve-month period ending in July 2022, [13] below the world average annual rate of 0.9%. [15]
The following outline is provided as an overview of and a topical guide to the history of the United States. By period. Prehistory of the United States. History of the United States. Pre-Columbian era. Colonial history of the United States. 1776–1789. 1789–1815. 1815–1849. 1849–1865. 1865–1917. 1917–1945. 1945–1964. 1964–1980. 1980–1991. 1991–2008.
The United States shares land borders with Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, a territorial water border with Russia in the northwest, and two territorial water borders in the southeast between Florida and Cuba, and Florida and the Bahamas.
The culture of the United States encompasses various social behaviors, institutions, and norms in the United States, including forms of speech, literature, music, visual arts, performing arts, food, sports, religion, law, technology as well as other customs, beliefs, and forms of knowledge.
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. [3] It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally including seven articles, the Constitution delineates the frame of the federal government.
