When it comes to significant global influence in culture, economics,
technology, and military power, the United States of
America (or «USA»:, also called «America»; Q30 on Wikidata), for better or for worse, is top dog,
largely thanks to it being one of the world's largest countries by both
area and population.
In 1911, Encyclopædia Britannica wrote about this country, saying1:
[The] great federal republic which had its origin in the revolt of the British colonies in North America, when, in the Declaration of Independence, they described themselves as «The Thirteen United States of America.»
The United States is also home to national wonders, names like Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon come to mind. Animals like the red wolf, black-footed ferret, Rice's whale, as well as other animals who are currently facing the risk of extinction2, also call this land their home.
Thirteen of 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 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. Two of the most traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the Civil War (1861-65), in which a northern Union of states defeated a secessionist Confederacy of 11 southern slave states, and the Great Depression of the 1930s, an economic downturn during which about a quarter of the labor force lost its jobs. 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. Since the end of World War II, the economy has achieved relatively steady growth, low unemployment, and rapid advances in technology.
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