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United States Of
America!!
BY SANIYA
Introduction
Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America in 1783.
During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent.
Location : North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico
Land Size : 9,631,418 sq km Population of America : 293,500,000
Few more things about America!
Main Industries : Petroleum, motor vehicles, aerospace, steel, communications, electronics, food processing, chemicals, consumer goods, mining, lumbering.
Agricultural products : Wheat, corn, fruits, vegetables, cotton, beef, poultry, pork, forest products, dairy products, fish.
1.Alabama2.Alaska3.Arizona4.Arkansas5.California6.Colorado7.Connecticut8.Delaware9.Florida10.Georgia11.Hawaii12.Idaho13.Illinois14.Indiana15.Maine16.Maryland17.Louisiana18.Michigan
19.Minnesota20.Maine21.Maryland22.Louisiana23.Minnesota 24.Montana 25.Nebraska26.Nevada 27.New Hampshire
28.New Jersey 29.North Carolina30.North Dakota31.Virginia32.Pennsylvania33.Kentucky 34.Massachusetts
35.Iowa36.Kansas37.Ohio 38.Oklahoma 39.Oregon40.Rhode Island 41.South Carolina 42.South Dakota 43.Tennessee 44.Texas 45.Utah46.Vermont47.Washington 48.West Virginia49.Wisconsin50.Wyoming
America has 50 states
America has 13 original colonies
1.New Hampshire 2.Massachusetts and Maine3.Rhode Island4.Connecticut. 5.New York and Vermont6.New Jersey 7.Pennsylvania 8.Delaware 9.Maryland 10.Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia
11.North Carolina and Tennessee 12.South Carolina 13.Georgia
Did you know?
• The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 U.S. states
• The 13 stripes represent the ‘original Thirteen Colonies.
Rivers in America
The United States has more than 250,000 rivers. That’s 3.5 million miles of rivers.
The largest river is the Mississippi, which has a flow volume of 593,000 cubic feet per second at its mouth.
The longest river is the Missouri, which flows for approximately 2,500 miles.
Landmarks Of America
The Statue of Liberty
Golden Gate Bridge
Capital building Hollywood sign
The Alamo The White House
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Brooklyn Bridge
Mt. Rushmore Space Needle Grand Crayon
Lincoln MemorialWashington Monument
The Liberty Bell
Niagara Falls
INTERESTING FACTS About 35 million Americans are linked by blood to one (or more) of the 102 pilgrims who came to America on the Mayflower (ship) in 1620.
Louisiana has 2,482 islands, covering nearly 1.3 million acres.
A Californian man has set the record of eating 17 bananas in two minutes!!
Barack Obama is the first non-white president of America.
Rhode Island is the smallest US state in size.
It was once illegal to take a bath in the wintertime in Indiana.