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World Factbook - United States
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Articles about the United States
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News from the United States
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National Anthem of the United States
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United States - Introduction
Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776
and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America
following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th
centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation
expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number
of overseas possessions. The two most traumatic experiences in the
nation's history were the Civil War (1861-65) and the Great Depression
of the 1930s. Buoyed by victories in World Wars I and II and the
end of the Cold War in 1991, the US remains the world's most powerful
nation state. The economy is marked by steady growth, low unemployment
and inflation, and rapid advances in technology.
The United States of America is a federal democratic republic situated
primarily in central North America. It comprises 50 states and one
federal district, and has several territories. It is also referred
to, with varying formality, as the United States, the U.S., the
U.S.A., the States, or simply and most commonly, America.
The official founding date of the United States is July 4, 1776,
when the Second Continental Congress—representing thirteen
British colonies—adopted the Declaration of Independence.
However, the structure of the government was profoundly changed
in 1788, when the states replaced the Articles of Confederation
with the United States Constitution. The date on which each of the
fifty states adopted the Constitution is typically regarded as the
date that state "entered the Union" (became part of the
United States). Since the mid-20th century, following World War
II in alliance with Great Britain, the United States has emerged
as the dominant global influence in economic, political, military,
scientific, technological, and cultural affairs.
The US has the
largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world,
with a per capita GDP of $40,100. In this market-oriented economy,
private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions,
and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services
predominantly in the private marketplace. US business firms
enjoy considerably greater flexibility than their counterparts
in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant,
to lay off surplus workers, and to develop new products. At
the same time, they face higher barriers to entry in their rivals'
home markets than the barriers to entry of foreign firms in
US markets. US firms are at or near the forefront in technological
advances, especially in computers and in medical, aerospace,
and military equipment; their advantage has narrowed since the
end of World War II. The onrush of technology largely explains
the gradual development of a "two-tier labor market" in which
those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical
skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable
pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits. Since
1975, practically all the gains in household income have gone
to the top 20% of households. The response to the terrorist
attacks of 11 September 2001 showed the remarkable resilience
of the economy. The war in March/April 2003 between a US-led
coalition and Iraq, and the subsequent occupation of Iraq, required
major shifts in national resources to the military. The rise
in GDP in 2004 was undergirded by substantial gains in labor
productivity. The economy suffered from a sharp increase in
energy prices in the second half of 2004. Long-term problems
include inadequate investment in economic infrastructure, rapidly
rising medical and pension costs of an aging population, sizable
trade and budget deficits, and stagnation of family income in
the lower economic groups.
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Embassy
in the U.S.A.
Foreign Embassies to the United States
Embassies of Other Nations to the United States
See also: U.S.
Embassies - American Embassies
See also: The
World Factbook - United States
See also: The
Articles about the United States
See also: The
News from the United States
See also: The
National Anthem of the United States
Foreign Embassies in the United States:
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