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United States

country located primarily in North America

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1776–1945
Founded
1776
Capital
Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York City
Government
presidential system, federal republic, republic, constitutional republic
Languages
Hawaiian, Spanish, Samoan, Chamorro, Carolinian
Preceded by
United ColoniesConfederate States of America

Overview

The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States also asserts sovereignty over five major island territories and various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's fourth-largest total area and third-largest population, exceeding 341 million.

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All rulers (41)

  1. George Washington1789–1797
  2. John Adams1797–1801
  3. Thomas Jefferson1801–1809
  4. James Madison1809–1817
  5. Tahlonteeskee1817–1819
  6. James Monroe1817–1825
  7. John Quincy Adams1825–1829
  8. Andrew Jackson1829–1837
  9. Martin Van Buren1837–1841
  10. Quentin Trembley1837
  11. John Brown1839
  12. John Rogers1839–1840
  13. John Tyler1841–1845
  14. William Henry Harrison1841
  15. James K. Polk1845–1849
  16. Zachary Taylor1849–1850
  17. Millard Fillmore1850–1853
  18. Franklin Pierce1853–1857
  19. James Buchanan1857–1861
  20. Abraham Lincoln1861–1865
  21. Stand Watie1862–1866
  22. Andrew Johnson1865–1869
  23. Ulysses S. Grant1869–1877
  24. Rutherford B. Hayes1877–1881
  25. James A. Garfield1881
  26. Chester A. Arthur1881–1885
  27. Grover Cleveland1885–1889
  28. Benjamin Harrison1889–1893
  29. Thomas Buffington1891
  30. Grover Cleveland1893–1897
  31. William McKinley1897–1901
  32. Theodore Roosevelt1901–1909
  33. William Charles Rogers1903–1917
  34. William Howard Taft1909–1913
  35. Woodrow Wilson1913–1921
  36. Warren G. Harding1921–1923
  37. Calvin Coolidge1923–1929
  38. Herbert Hoover1929–1933
  39. Franklin Delano Roosevelt1933–1945
  40. J. B. Milam1938
  41. Harry S. Truman1945–1953

Records (2110)

  1. 1400 — Crow Creek massacreMassacre
  2. 1509 — Spanish expansion in Puerto RicoCampaign
  3. 1540 — Tiguex WarBattle
  4. 1598 — Battle of San JuanBattle
  5. 1599 — Ácoma MassacreMassacre
  6. 1609 — Iroquois WarBattle
  7. 1619 — 1619 Jamestown Polish craftsmen strikeUprising
  8. 1625 — Battle of San JuanNaval battle
  9. 1635 — Battle of Pocomoke SoundBattle
  10. 1636–1638 — Pequot WarWar
  11. 1637 — Mystic massacreMassacre
  12. 1643–1645 — Kieft's WarWar
  13. 1643 — Massacre at Corlears HookMassacre
  14. 1644 — Pound Ridge massacreMassacre
  15. 1655 — Peach Tree WarWar
  16. 1655 — Dutch conquest of New SwedenBattle
  17. 1659–1663 — Esopus WarsWar
  18. 1673 — Reconquest of New NetherlandBattle
  19. 1675 — Battle of Bloody BrookBattle
  20. 1675 — Great Swamp FightBattle
  21. 1675 — Wheeler's SurpriseBattle
  22. 1675–1676 — Attack on SpringfieldSiege
  23. 1676 — Attack on SudburyBattle
  24. 1676 — Battle of Turner's FallsBattle
  25. 1682 — ShackamaxonTreaty
  26. 1686 — 1686 Spanish Invasion of South CarolinaInvasion
  27. 1688–1697 — Nine Years' WarWar
  28. 1688–1697 — King William's WarWar
  29. 1689 — 1689 Boston revoltRebellion
  30. 1689 — Siege of PemaquidSiege
  31. 1689 — Raid on DoverNaval battle
  32. 1689 — Protestant RevolutionBattle
  33. 1689 — Battle of Brackett's WoodBattle
  34. 1690 — Battle of Fort LoyalBattle
  35. 1690 — Schenectady massacreMassacre
  36. 1692 — Raid on WellsBattle
  37. 1694 — Raid on Oyster RiverNaval battle
  38. 1696 — Siege of PemaquidSiege
  39. 1702–1713 — Queen Anne's WarWar
  40. 1702 — Siege of St. AugustineSiege
  41. 1703 — Battle of FalmouthBattle
  42. 1704 — Raid on DeerfieldBattle
  43. 1704 — Apalachee massacreMassacre
  44. 1707 — Siege of PensacolaSiege
  45. 1707 — Second Siege of PesacolaSiege
  46. 1708 — Raid on HaverhillBattle
  47. 1715–1717 — Yamasee WarWar
  48. 1716 — Siege of Little Butte des MortsSiege
  49. 1719 — Capture of PensacolaBattle
  50. 1720 — Villasur expedition massacreBattle
  51. 1721–1763 — Chickasaw WarsWar
  52. 1723 — Northeast Coast CampaignCampaign
  53. 1729 — Natchez MassacreMassacre
  54. 1736–1858 — Dakota-Ojibwe WarWar
  55. 1740 — Siege of St. AugustineSiege
  56. 1740 — Siege of Fort MoseSiege
  57. 1742 — Battle of Bloody MarshBattle
  58. 1742 — Invasion of GeorgiaCampaign
  59. 1742 — Battle of Gully Hole CreekBattle
  60. 1745 — Northeast Coast CampaignCampaign
  61. 1746 — Siege of Fort MassachusettsSiege
  62. 1747 — Siege of Fort at Number 4Siege
  63. 1748 — Battle of Cut Foot SiouxBattle
  64. 1750 — Battle of KathioBattle
  65. 1754–1763 — French and Indian WarWar
  66. 1754 — Battle of Jumonville GlenBattle
  67. 1754 — Battle of Fort NecessityBattle
  68. 1755 — Battle of the MonongahelaBattle
  69. 1755 — Battle of Lake GeorgeBattle
  70. 1755 — Braddock ExpeditionBattle
  71. 1755 — Battle of TaliwaBattle
  72. 1755 — Penn's Creek MassacreMassacre
  73. 1755 — Draper's Meadow massacreMassacre
  74. 1755 — Great Cove massacreMassacre
  75. 1755 — Gnadenhütten massacreMassacre
  76. 1755 — Northampton massacre 1755Massacre
  77. 1756 — Battle of Fort OswegoBattle
  78. 1756 — Battle of Fort BullBattle
  79. 1756 — Battle of Sideling HillBattle
  80. 1756 — Means massacreMassacre
  81. 1757 — Siege of Fort William HenryBattle
  82. 1757 — Hochstetler massacreMassacre
  83. 1757 — Bloody Springs massacreMassacre
  84. 1758 — Battle of CarillonBattle
  85. 1758 — Battle of Fort DuquesneBattle
  86. 1758 — Battle of Fort LigonierBattle
  87. 1758–1759 — St. John River CampaignBattle
  88. 1759 — Battle of TiconderogaBattle
  89. 1759 — Battle of Fort NiagaraBattle
  90. 1759 — Battle of the Twin VillagesBattle
  91. 1760 — Siege of Fort LoudounSiege
  92. 1763–1783 — American RevolutionRevolution
  93. 1763 — Siege of Fort DetroitSiege
  94. 1763 — Siege of Fort PittBattle
  95. 1763 — Conestoga MassacreMassacre
  96. 1765 — Black Boys RebellionRebellion
  97. 1768 — Stumps Run MassacreMassacre
  98. 1770 — Boston MassacreMassacre
  99. 1770 — Treaty of LochaberTreaty
  100. 1774 — Battle of Point PleasantBattle
  101. 1774 — Yellow Creek MassacreMassacre
  102. 1775 — Battles of Lexington and ConcordBattle
  103. 1775 — Battle of Bunker HillBattle
  104. 1775–1776 — Siege of BostonSiege
  105. 1775 — Battle of QuebecBattle
  106. 1775–1776 — Boston campaignCampaign
  107. 1775–1776 — Invasion of Quebec (1775)Invasion
  108. 1775 — Capture of Fort TiconderogaBattle
  109. 1775 — Battle of MachiasBattle
  110. 1775 — Battle of Great BridgeBattle
  111. 1775 — Battle of Chelsea CreekBattle
  112. 1775 — Battle of Longue-PointeBattle
  113. 1775 — Battle of GloucesterBattle
  114. 1775 — Battle of Kemp's LandingBattle
  115. 1775 — Battle off FairhavenNaval battle
  116. 1775 — Siege of Savage's Old FieldsSiege
  117. 1775 — Battle of Great Cane BrakeBattle
  118. 1775 — Battle of ConcordBattle
  119. 1775 — Battle of LexingtonBattle
  120. 1776 — Battle of Long IslandBattle
  121. 1776 — Battle of TrentonBattle
  122. 1776–1777 — New York and New Jersey CampaignCampaign
  123. 1776 — Battle of Fort WashingtonBattle
  124. 1776 — Battle of White PlainsBattle
  125. 1776 — Battle of Valcour IslandBattle
  126. 1776 — Battle of Harlem HeightsBattle
  127. 1776 — Landing at Kip's BayBattle
  128. 1776 — Fortification of Dorchester HeightsBattle
  129. 1776 — Battle of Pell's PointBattle
  130. 1776 — Battle of Sullivan's IslandBattle
  131. 1776 — Battle of Saint-PierreBattle
  132. 1776 — Battle of Iron Works HillBattle
  133. 1776 — Battle of the Rice BoatsBattle
  134. 1776 — Battle of Turtle Gut InletBattle
  135. 1776 — Battle of Fort CumberlandBattle
  136. 1776 — Battle of MamaroneckBattle
  137. 1776 — Battle of Lindley's FortBattle
  138. 1776 — Battle of Fort LeeBattle
  139. 1776 — Treaty of WatertownTreaty
  140. 1776 — Battle of Lindley's FortBattle
  141. 1776 — Battle of Charleston, MassachusettsBattle · United States ▸ United Kingdom
  142. 1776 — Battle of Dorchester HeightsBattle · United States ▸ United Kingdom
  143. 1776 — Battle of Fort SullivanBattle · United States ▸ United Kingdom
  144. 1776 — Battle of Gwynn IslandBattle · United States ▸ United Kingdom
  145. 1776 — Battle of Kips BayBattle · United Kingdom ▸ United States
  146. 1776 — Battle of Moores Creek BridgeBattle · United States ▸ United Kingdom
  147. 1776 — Battle of NorfolkBattle · United States ▸ United Kingdom
  148. 1776 — Battle of Throgs NeckBattle · United Kingdom ▸ United States
  149. 1777 — Battles of SaratogaBattle
  150. 1777 — Battle of PrincetonBattle
  151. 1777 — Battle of BrandywineBattle
  152. 1777–1778 — Philadelphia campaignCampaign
  153. 1777 — Battle of GermantownBattle
  154. 1777 — Battle of BenningtonBattle
  155. 1777 — Battle of OriskanyBattle
  156. 1777 — Battle of the Assunpink CreekBattle
  157. 1777 — Siege of Fort TiconderogaBattle
  158. 1777 — Battle of HubbardtonBattle
  159. 1777 — Battle of Short HillsBattle
  160. 1777 — Battle of Bound BrookBattle
  161. 1777 — Battle of PaoliBattle
  162. 1777 — Battle of Fort AnneBattle
  163. 1777 — Battle of White MarshBattle
  164. 1777 — Battle of Staten IslandBattle
  165. 1777 — Battle of Forts Clinton and MontgomeryBattle
  166. 1777 — Forage WarCampaign
  167. 1777 — Siege of Fort StanwixSiege
  168. 1777 — Battle of Red BankBattle
  169. 1777 — Battle of RidgefieldBattle
  170. 1777 — Battle of Cooch's BridgeBattle
  171. 1777 — Siege of Fort MifflinSiege
  172. 1777 — Battle of GloucesterBattle
  173. 1777 — Second Battle of MachiasBattle
  174. 1777 — Battle of MillstoneBattle
  175. 1777 — Meigs RaidBattle
  176. 1777 — Battle of Thomas CreekBattle
  177. 1777 — Battle of the CloudsBattle
  178. 1777 — Siege of Fort HenrySiege
  179. 1777 — Battle of Punk HillBattle
  180. 1777 — Battle of SetauketBattle
  181. 1777 — Battle of Matson's FordBattle
  182. 1777 — Battle of Bemis HeightsBattle
  183. 1777 — Battle of Bemis HeightsBattle
  184. 1777 — Intelligence in the Battle of PrincetonBattle
  185. 1777 — Battle of Freeman's FarmBattle
  186. 1777 — John Allen Farm MassacreMassacre
  187. 1777 — Battle of Bennington RaidBattle · United Kingdom, Brunswick ▸ United States
  188. 1777 — Battle of Danbury RaidBattle · United States ▸ United Kingdom
  189. 1777 — Battle of Fort ClintonBattle · United Kingdom ▸ United States
  190. 1777 — Battle of Fort MercerBattle · United States ▸ United Kingdom, Hesse
  191. 1777 — Battle of Peekskill RaidBattle · United Kingdom ▸ United States
  192. 1777 — Battle of Saratoga, New York (1st)Battle · United Kingdom ▸ United States
  193. 1777 — Battle of Saratoga, New York (2nd)Battle · United States ▸ United Kingdom
  194. 1778 — Battle of MonmouthBattle
  195. 1778 — Battle of WyomingBattle
  196. 1778–1783 — Anglo-French War of 1778–1783War
  197. 1778 — Battle of Rhode IslandBattle
  198. 1778 — Cherry Valley massacreBattle
  199. 1778 — Battle of CobleskillBattle
  200. 1778 — Mount Hope Bay raidsBattle
  201. 1778 — Siege of BoonesboroughSiege
  202. 1778 — Battle of Barren HillBattle
  203. 1778 — Battle of Alligator BridgeBattle
  204. 1778 — Battle of Crooked BilletBattle
  205. 1778 — Big RunawayBattle
  206. 1778 — Battle off BarbadosNaval battle
  207. 1778 — Battle of Quinton's BridgeBattle
  208. 1778 — Battle of Chestnut NeckBattle
  209. 1778 — Clow RebellionRebellion
  210. 1778 — Baylor MassacreBattle
  211. 1778 — Hancock House (Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey)Massacre
  212. 1778 — Cherry ValleyMassacre
  213. 1778 — Battle of Newport, Rhode IslandBattle · United Kingdom ▸ United States
  214. 1778 — Wyoming MassacreMassacre
  215. 1779 — Siege of SavannahSiege
  216. 1779 — Sullivan ExpeditionCampaign
  217. 1779 — Battle of NewtownBattle
  218. 1779 — Battle of Stony PointBattle
  219. 1779 — Battle of Baton RougeBattle
  220. 1779 — Battle of Lake PontchartrainNaval battle
  221. 1779 — Capture of Fort ButeBattle
  222. 1779 — Battle of BeaufortBattle
  223. 1779 — Battle of MinisinkBattle
  224. 1779 — Battle of Brier CreekBattle
  225. 1779 — Battle of Kettle CreekBattle
  226. 1779 — Battle of Flamborough HeadNaval battle
  227. 1779 — Battle of Paulus HookBattle
  228. 1779 — Battle of Stono FerryBattle
  229. 1779 — Siege of Fort VincennesSiege
  230. 1779 — First Battle of TucsonBattle
  231. 1779 — Battle of ChillicotheBattle
  232. 1779 — Battle of Van CreekBattle
  233. 1779 — Burning of FairfieldBattle
  234. 1779 — Battle of NorwalkBattle
  235. 1779 — Battle of Kealakekua BayBattle
  236. 1779 — Siege of Fort LaurensSiege
  237. 1779 — Battle of Briar CreekBattle · United Kingdom ▸ United States
  238. 1779 — Battle of South CarolinaBattle · United States ▸ United Kingdom
  239. 1779 — Battle of PenebscotBattle · United Kingdom ▸ United States
  240. 1780 — Battle of CamdenBattle
  241. 1780 — Battle of WaxhawsBattle
  242. 1780 — Siege of CharlestonSiege
  243. 1780 — Battle of Kings MountainBattle
  244. 1780 — Battle of St. LouisBattle
  245. 1780 — Battle of Fort CharlotteSiege
  246. 1780 — Battle of SpringfieldBattle
  247. 1780 — Battle of PiquaBattle
  248. 1780 — Battle of CharlotteBattle
  249. 1780 — Battle of Blackstock's FarmBattle
  250. 1780 — Battle of Klock's FieldBattle
  251. 1780 — Battle of Musgrove MillBattle
  252. 1780 — Battle of Connecticut FarmsBattle
  253. 1780 — Battle of Hanging RockBattle
  254. 1780 — Battle of Ramsour's MillBattle
  255. 1780 — Battle of Fort St. GeorgeBattle
  256. 1780 — Battle of Rocky MountBattle
  257. 1780 — Battle of Monck's CornerBattle
  258. 1780 — Battle of Fishing CreekBattle
  259. 1780 — Bird's invasion of KentuckyInvasion
  260. 1780 — Battle of Colson's MillBattle
  261. 1780 — Battle of Lenud's FerryBattle
  262. 1780 — Battle of Tearcoat SwampBattle
  263. 1780 — Battle of Bull's FerryBattle
  264. 1780 — Battle of Shallow FordBattle
  265. 1780 — Battle of Young's HouseBattle
  266. 1780 — Battle of Black MingoBattle
  267. 1780 — Battle of Fishdam FordBattle
  268. 1780 — Battle of Mobley's Meeting HouseBattle
  269. 1780 — Battle of Wahab's PlantationBattle
  270. 1780 — Sugarloaf MassacreMassacre
  271. 1780 — Westervelt MassacreMassacre
  272. 1780 — Battle of BlackstocksBattle · United States ▸ United Kingdom
  273. 1780 — Battle of Charleston, South CarolinaBattle · United Kingdom ▸ United States
  274. 1780 — Battle of Lanneaus FerryBattle · United Kingdom ▸ United States
  275. 1780 — Battle of Ramseur's MillBattle · United States ▸ Loyalists
  276. 1780 — Ruddles StationMassacre
  277. 1780 — Battle of Rugleys MillBattle · United States ▸ United Kingdom
  278. 1780 — Battle of Wateree FerryBattle · United States ▸ United Kingdom
  279. 1780 — Battle of WaxhawBattle · United Kingdom ▸ United States
  280. 1780 — Battle of Williamsons PlantationBattle · United States ▸ United Kingdom
  281. 1781 — Siege of YorktownBattle
  282. 1781 — Battle of CowpensBattle
  283. 1781 — Siege of PensacolaBattle
  284. 1781 — Battle of Guilford Court HouseBattle
  285. 1781 — Battle of Eutaw SpringsBattle
  286. 1781 — Battle of Cape HenryNaval battle
  287. 1781 — Battle of Hobkirk's HillBattle
  288. 1781 — Battle of Green SpringBattle
  289. 1781 — Battle of Groton HeightsBattle
  290. 1781 — Battle of MobileBattle
  291. 1781 — Battle of BlandfordBattle
  292. 1781 — Battle of Spencer's OrdinaryBattle
  293. 1781 — Pyle's MassacreBattle
  294. 1781 — Siege of Fort WatsonSiege
  295. 1781 — Siege of Ninety-SixSiege
  296. 1781 — Battle of JohnstownBattle
  297. 1781 — Battle of Lindley's MillBattle
  298. 1781 — Battle of Cowan's FordBattle
  299. 1781 — Siege of AugustaSiege
  300. 1781 — Long Run MassacreMassacre

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