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    The United States is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and Washington D.C. located in North America between Canada and Mexico. It has the world's fourth largest total area and is one of the most ethnically diverse nations as a result of large scale immigration. The U.S. declared independence from Great Britain in 1776 and has since grown to span the continental U.S. and become a global superpower with the world's largest economy. It is a leader in areas like scientific research, technology, and military spending.

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    The United States is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and Washington D.C. located in North America between Canada and Mexico. It has the world's fourth largest total area and is one of the most ethnically diverse nations as a result of large scale immigration. The U.S. declared independence from Great Britain in 1776 and has since grown to span the continental U.S. and become a global superpower with the world's largest economy. It is a leader in areas like scientific research, technology, and military spending.

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    The United States is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and Washington D.C. located in North America between Canada and Mexico. It has the world's fourth largest total area and is one of the most ethnically diverse nations as a result of large scale immigration. The U.S. declared independence from Great Britain in 1776 and has since grown to span the continental U.S. and become a global superpower with the world's largest economy. It is a leader in areas like scientific research, technology, and military spending.

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    The United States of America (USA),

    commonly referred to as the United


    States (U.S.) or America, is a federal
    republic[16][17]consisting of 50 states and
    a federal district. The 48 contiguous
    states and Washington, D.C., are in
    central North
    America betweenCanada and Mexico.
    The state of Alaska is located in the
    northwestern part of North America and
    the state of Hawaii is anarchipelago in the
    mid-Pacific. The country also has five
    populated and numerous
    unpopulated territories in the Pacific and
    theCaribbean. At 3.80 million square
    miles (9.85 million km2)[18] and with over
    320 million people, the United States is

    the world'sfourth-largest country by total


    area and third most populous. It is one of
    the world's most ethnically
    diverse and multicultural nations, the
    product of large-scale immigration from
    many countries.
    [19]

    The geography and climate of the

    United States are also extremely diverse,


    and the country is home to a wide variety
    of wildlife.[20]
    Paleo-Indians migrated from Eurasia to
    what is now the U.S. mainland around
    15,000 years ago,[21] with European
    colonizationbeginning in the 16th century.
    The United States emerged from 13
    British colonies located along the East
    Coast. Disputes betweenGreat Britain and

    the colonies led to the American


    Revolution. On July 4, 1776, as the
    colonies were fighting Great Britain in
    theAmerican Revolutionary War,
    delegates from the 13 colonies
    unanimously adopted the Declaration of
    Independence. The war ended in 1783
    with recognition of the independence of
    the United States by the Kingdom of
    Great Britain, and was the first successful
    war of independence against a
    European colonial empire.[22] The
    country's constitution was adopted on
    September 17, 1787, and ratified by the
    states in 1788. The first ten amendments,
    collectively named the Bill of Rights, were
    ratified in 1791 and designed to

    guarantee many fundamental civil rights


    and freedoms.
    Driven by the doctrine of Manifest
    Destiny, the United States embarked on a
    vigorous expansion across North America
    throughout the 19th century.[23] This
    involved displacing American Indian
    tribes, acquiring new territories, and
    gradually admitting new states, until by
    1848 the nation spanned the continent.
    [23]

    During the second half of the 19th

    century, the American Civil War ended


    legalslavery in the country.[24][25] By the end
    of that century, the United States
    extended into the Pacific Ocean,[26] and its
    economy, driven in large part by
    the Industrial Revolution, began to soar.

    [27]

    The SpanishAmerican War and World

    War I confirmed the country's 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 as
    a permanent member of the United
    Nations Security Council. The end of
    the Cold War and the dissolution of the
    Soviet Union in 1991 left the United
    States as the world's sole superpower.[28]
    The United States is a developed
    country and has the world's largest
    economy by nominal and real GDP,
    benefiting from an abundance of natural
    resources and high worker productivity.

    [29]

    While the U.S. economy is

    considered post-industrial, the country


    continues to be one of the world's largest
    manufacturers.[30] Accounting for 37%
    of global military spending[31] and 19%
    of world GDP (PPP),[32] it is the world's
    foremost economic and military power, a
    prominent political and cultural force, and
    a leader inscientific research and
    technological innovations.[33]

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