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1. America declared Independence in 1776 but wasn’t recognized until 1783.
2. The Constitution of the USA was adopted in 1787. Since then it has been amended 27 times.
3. The 1st capital of the USA was Philadelphia, PA.
4. Washington, DC doesn’t belong to any state. The intention of the Founding Fathers (отцы-основателиСША) was that the US capital should be at a neutral site, not giving favor to any existing state.
5. Alaska is the largest state in the US by land area.
6. Rhode Island is the smallest state and has got the longest name – the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
7. Hawaii is the most recent of the 50 states in the US (joining in 1959) and is the only one made up entirely of islands.
8. New England is a region in the North-Eastern corner of the United States consisting of the 6 states of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
9. Besides 50 states the US territory includes the Insular Area (островнаятерриторияСША) that comprises American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands.
10. In the USA there is no official language at federal level.
11. Spanish is the second commonly spoken language in the US (after English).
12. The US two-party system consists of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
13. Election Day in the United States occurs in November on the Tuesday after the first Monday.
14. As any other nation, the United States have national symbols, both official and unofficial:
