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| Motto In God We Trust | ||||
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| Capital | New York | |||
| Government | Republic | |||
| President of the United States in Congress Assembled | ||||
| - 1788-1789 | Cyrus Griffin | |||
| Legislature | Congress of the Confederation | |||
| History | ||||
| - July 4, 1776 | Declaration of Independence | |||
| - November 15, 1777 | Articles of Confederation | |||
| - September 3, 1783 | Recognized | |||
| - September 17, 1787 | Constitution of the United States | |||
| - March 4, 1789 | Federal Government under the Constitution | |||
| Currency | United States dollar | |||
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The United States of America was declared as independent by representatives of Thirteen Colonies in British America assembled to the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. Before adopting the current constitution on June 21, 1788 the country was governed under the Articles of Confederation which had been drafted in 1776. The head of state was the President of the Congress of the Confederation, also referred to as the United States in Congress Assembled.
President of the United States in Congress Assembled
- Cyrus Griffin (₩) (January 22, 1788 - March 4, 1789)
Nation
American Polities
United States of America (From 1960)- Confederate States of America (1861-1865)
- Washington, D.C. (From 1790)
- Navajo Nation (From 1868)
- United States Naval Base Guantanamo Bay (From 1903)
- The United Alaskan America (1959-1960)
Neighbouring Nations
References
- The Avalon Project: The American Constitution
- BBC News Country Profile
- BBC News Time Line
- World Statesmen.org
- Wikipedia