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June 20, 2012 | History

United States

July 4, 1776 -

In 1507, German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a world map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere "America" after Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci. The former British colonies first used the country's modern name in the Declaration of Independence, the "unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America" adopted by the "Representatives of the united States of America" on July 4, 1776. The current name was finalized on November 15, 1777, when the Second Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, which states, "The Stile of this Confederacy shall be 'The United States of America.'" The short form the United States is also standard. Other common forms include the U.S., the USA, and America. Colloquial names include the U.S. of A. and the States. Columbia, a once popular name for the United States, was derived from Christopher Columbus. It appears in the name "District of Columbia".

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Subjects
Law and legislation, United States, Accessible book, Indians of North America, Legal status, laws, Appropriations and expenditures, Treaties, Foreign relations, Taxation, Finance, Tariff, Law, Post office buildings, Constitutions, Officials and employees, Land titles, Registration and transfer, History, Maritime law, Public buildings, Armed Forces, Internal revenue law, Emigration and immigration law, Research, Income tax
Places
United States, Washington (D.C.), California, Canada, Washington (D.C.)., France, Great Britain, New York (State), Virginia, Philippines, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Alaska, China, North Carolina, Georgia, New Mexico, Germany, Colombia, Florida, Nevada, Ohio, Texas, Illinois
People
George Washington (1732-1799), Alexander Trueman (d. 1792), Christopher Greene (1737-1781), David Cook (1731-1823), Elijah Bostwick (1740-1825), Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926), Hugh Tenant Weedon Mercer (1776-1853), Jane Lathrop Stanford (1828-1905), John Hardin (1753-1792), Joseph Henderson, Return Jonathan Meigs (1740-1823), Ronald Reagan, Simeon Thayer (1737-1800), Thomas Campbell (1750?-1815), Thomas Wishart, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Anne D'Harnoncourt (1943-,), Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Steuben Baron von (1730-1794), George Gibson (1747-1791), John Adams (1735-1826), John Cleves Symmes (1742-1814), John Davidson (1738?-1794), John M'Cord (1711-1793), John Stewart, José Yves Limantour (d. 1885)
Time
Revolution, 1775-1783, 1775-1865, 1789-1797, 1789-1801, 1775-1783, 1945-, War of 1812, 1789-1800, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1789-1809, 1991-, To 1789, 1783-1865, 1789-1869, 1886-1931, 1979-, 19th century, 2001-, Revolution, 1791-1804, War with France, 1798-1800, 1783-1789, 1803-1865, 1809-1817, 1854-1861, 1861-1865

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  • USA
  • US
  • America
  • United States.
  • United States
  • Us Government
  • U.S. Government
  • US Government
  • US GOVERNMENT

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June 20, 2012 Edited by Alan Millar merge authors
June 20, 2012 Edited by Alan Millar merge authors
July 9, 2010 Edited by Edward Betts merge authors
April 12, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Added photos to author pages.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import