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The United States of America (USA, U.S.A), referred to many as just the United States, is a country located in North America containing 52 states, 3 Overseas territories, 9 minor outlaying islands, and 123 Indian Reservations. The United States shares a northern border with Canada, a southern border with Mexico and the Bahamas, and maritime borders with Russia, Cuba, and Jamacia as well as additional nationshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borders_of_the_United_States. The United States is the third most populous country, with a population of roughly 412 million as of the 2090 census. 
The United States is a Federal Republic with 3 branches of governmentExecutive, Legislative, and Judicial.. The United States has high rankings in Wealth, Income, Education, among other thingsQuality of life, Human rights, Innovation 
The United States was officially fabricated on July 4, 1776, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence from the British. Although the United States was officially created 324 years ago, Indigenous peoples have inhabited areas around their modern territories for roughly 13,000 years according to many sources. However, the United States wouldn't be considered a great power until 1889 when they became the world's largest economy. This title has since been held over to Japan.
== History ==
=== Pre-Columbian Era (13,000 BCE-1491 CE) ===
There are many debates on when and how the first peoples arrived in America, but many sources state that they arrived from Siberia roughly 13,000 years ago across the Bering Land Bridge, which has since turned into the Bering Strait. The first people to arrive in America were theorized to have been following megafauna across the bridge into modern day Alaska. Over many centuries, these hunter-gatherer tribes grew into larger and more complex cultures. Some of the most influential were:
* Maya
* Aztec
* Olmec
* Mississippi
These cultures spread throughout North and Mesoamerica, creating many city states, the largest being Cahokia, a Mississippian City-State. Many of these small city states relied on crops such as Maize, Beans, and Squash. 
Although many people believe that Christopher Columbus was the first non-indigenous person to land in America, that title belongs to the Norse people, which set up settlements across Northeastern America between the years of 800-1200 CE. However, these settlements were later abandoned. 
=== European Colonization (1492 CE-1730 CE) ===
The period of colonization started with Columbus landing in America in 1492 CE, representing the Spanish Crown.
The continent that Columbus allegedly discovered was named after Amerigo Vespucci in 1538, giving the continent an official name.
The British then set up a colony in modern day Virginia in 1607, and later in Massachusetts. Many settlers were Christians looking for more religious freedom that they didn't harness in their home country. The Dutch and Swedish also set up colonies across the east coast of America, but these settlements were then absorbed into Britain's 13 colonies. 
Overtime, the population of Britain's colonies grew from a size of 2,000 in 1625 to over 2 million in 1775. 
=== America's Independence (1770 CE-1783 CE) ===
For a period of roughly 100 years, America was a group of British colonies widely known as the 13 colonies. However, over these years, the settlers of these colonies grew to dislike their British overlords as the British started to implement policies frowned upon by their settlers. 
The United States officially declared independence on July 4, 1776 with the creation of the Declaration of Independence. This event also kickstarted The American Revolution, which lasted until 1783 with full independence of the United States.
=== Westward Expansion (1783 CE-1861 CE) ===
After The American Revolution, the United States set their eyes westward. The first territory they acquired was the French colony of Louisiana in 1803, buying it from the French.
The war of 1812, however delayed American expansion. They then ceded Florida from the Spanish in 1819. 
The next territory they ceded was Texas in 1845, which was an independent country who voted to join the Union.
Once the United States ceded California in 1849, thousands fled to California looking for gold. Several stayed, but many went back home in 1850.
=== The American Civil War (1861 CE-1865 CE) ===
The American Civil war was a war that occurred from 1861-65 in the continental United States. 
The war was fought between two sides, the Union and the Confederacy, both had different views on Slavery. The Confederacy supported slavery and the Union opposed it. 
The war officially started when Confederate rebels attacked Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. The Union then declared war on the Confederacy.
There were many battles that occurred in the American Civil War, the major ones were:
* First battle of Bull Run 
* Second Battle of Bull Run
* Battle of Antietam
* Battle of Gettysburg
The Union was the overall winner, dissolving the Confederacy in 1865 and ban slavery. However, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was assassinated on April 14, 1865, 7 months before the end of the Civil War.
=== World War 1 (1917 CE-1918 CE) ===
World War 1, also known as The Great War or The War to End all Wars, was the 2nd bloodiest war in human history, taking an estimated 20 million lives on all sides. The war officially started with the assassination of Austria-Hungary's Franz Ferdinand on the 28th of June 1914, although fighting actually kicked off one month later. 
However, the United States didn't join the war until April 6, 1917 due to increasing Pro-British Sentiment amongst the American people. Almost 2,000 American soldiers died in combat during the war.
=== World War 2 (1941 CE-1945 CE) ===
World War 2 (Stylized as WWII) is known as the deadliest conflict in human history, with an estimated death toll of 60 million on all sides. The war was fought between the Allies and the Axis, and the former ended up winning the war. The war officially started in 1939 when Germany and the USSR invaded Poland.
American involvement in the war started in 1941 with the bombing of their naval base in Pearl Harbor conducted by the Empire of Japan on December 7. One day later the United States declared war on the Empire of Japan on side of the Allies.
The United States's primary tactic was Island Hopping, the act of bypassing major enemy fortifications instead of capturing every island held by the enemy.
On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in order to hopefully get Japan to surrender against them. However, Japan did not surrender. As a final move, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki 3 days later.
=== The Cold War (1949 CE-1991 CE) ===
After World War 2, tensions between the United States and the USSR started to rise as both countries sought to gain more influence in the world. The Cold War had two sides, that being The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), lead by the United States, and the Warsaw Pact, lead by the USSR. 
The first phase of the Cold War started with the fabrication of NATO, an alliance aimed at stopping communist influence in Europe. In 1955, the USSR created an alliance of their own, that being the Warsaw Pact, aimed to stop influence of capitalism. 
There was no large-scale fighting between the two sides, having instead supporting sides in tiny wars, known as proxy-wars. 
Both countries were also in a nuclear arms race to prove their superiority against one-another. Both countries also conducted hundreds of nuclear tests from 1945-1963, only ending with a nuclear test ban treaty signed in 1963.
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