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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to its east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories, or insular areas, in the Caribbean and Pacific. At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km) and with about 306 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and third largest by land area and by population. The United States is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the largest national economy in the world, with an estimated 2008 gross domestic product (GDP) of US $14.3 trillion (23% of the world total based on nominal GDP and almost 21% at purchasing power parity). The nation was founded by thirteen colonies of Great Britain located along the Atlantic seaboard. On July 4, 1776, they issued the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed their independence from Great Britain and their formation of a cooperative union. The rebellious states defeated Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, the first successful colonial war of independence. The Philadelphia Convention adopted the current United States Constitution on September 17, 1787; its ratification the following year made the states part of a single republic with a strong central government. The Bill of Rights, comprising ten constitutional amendments guaranteeing many fundamental civil rights and freedoms, was ratified in 1791. In the 19th century, the United States acquired land from France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Russia, and annexed the Republic of Texas and the Republic of Hawaii. Disputes between the agrarian South and industrial North over states' rights and the expansion of the institution of slavery provoked the American Civil War of the 1860s. The North's victory prevented a permanent split of the country and led to the end of legal slavery in the United States. By the 1870s, the national economy was the world's largest. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the country's status as a military power. In 1945, the United States emerged from World War II as the first country with nuclear weapons, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, and a founding member of NATO. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union left the United States as the sole superpower. The country accounts for approximately 50% of global military spending and is a leading economic, political, and cultural force in the world. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License How did the united states constitution expand upon the basic ideas about government that the colonists had dev? Q. How did the united states constitution expand upon the basic ideas about government that the colonists had developed up to the time of the constitutional convention? Asked by clarexcore - Thu Jan 8 01:49:10 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. The Constitution did not expand upon the ideas as much as it expanded the power of the central government. The Const. Convention was not that, it was called for the purposes of revising the best form of gov't. we ever had, The Articles of Confederation. When it became clear that it was evolving into a ConCon, delgates Lansing and Yates returned to New York. The idea behind the Revolution was for a republican form of gov't. The only known examples were the ancient Roman Republic and the new Swiss Republic. The idea was for a confederation of states, ala' the Swiss confederation of Cantons. The states created the Constitution based on the idea that a republican form of gov't. was dependant upon representation. Representation must… [cont.] Answered by libertyblacksmith - Thu Jan 8 22:59:51 2009 What was the traditional policy of the United States toward foreign powers in Latin America? Q. A.The United States would intervene in Latin American affairs when it felt its interests were at risk. B.The United States would completely stay out of Latin American affairs unless a country asked for help. C.The United States would not interfere with the results of free elections in Latin America even if the results led to communism. D.The United States would confiscate private property and private industries in Latin America in order to prevent a communist takeover. Asked by ..... - Wed Mar 4 14:17:18 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. A Answered by laura w - Wed Mar 4 14:28:03 2009 How is the United States supposed to obtain information from people who are proven terrorists?
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