2. The United States of America (U.S.A.) are a federal republic
of 50 states with a federal district: with 9.37 millions of
square kilometers in total and about 318.9 millions of
people, the U.S.A. are the fourth by largest and the third by
population in the World. This is one of the most ethnically
different and multicultural
nations in the World, whose
official languages are English,
Italian, French and Spanish.
3. European colonization in America began in 1600s, especially
from England: the United States were born from the 13
English colonies that gained independence with a Revolution
on the 4th of July 1776; the Constitution was adopted on the
17th September 1787. Over the
years till today, U.S.A. have
become the most powerful
country in the world, revealing
superiority especially in military
and scientific sectors.
4. The U.S.A. took part in both World Wars, giving them a turn,
and getting rich thanks to them. After 1945, the U.S.A.
and the USSR (Russia) were the major World powers, which
they divided the power during
the Cold War, dominating the
Europe. The United States
promoted liberal democracy
and capitalism, and fought
Communist forces in 1950-1953
in Cuba.
5. The United States of America are situated between the Atlantic
Ocean to the east and the Pacific to the west, adjoining with
Canada to the north and Mexico to the south: the states of
Alaska and Hawaii are isolated from the rest of the nation. The
U.S.A. are politically divided into Northeast, Midwest, South
and West. Geographically this area includes low and very old
mountains, tectonic faults of the Hudson Valley, many rivers
(the longest one is the Mississippi) and the Great Lakes to the
north (which include: the Superior, the Ontario, the Michigan,
the Huro and the Erie).
6. Some of the largest U.S.A. cities, with the major metropolises are
New York, Washington (the Capital City), Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Portland, Seattle,
Houston, etc. Each of these cities has got specific characteristics,
and they’re
visited by
lots of
tourists
every year.
7. The population is growing , especially thanks to a significative
immigration, mostly from Latin America and East Asia: the
Hispanic immigration is the most numerous. The most
populated areas of the country are the north-eastern and
western (Pacific Ocean, California) ones. An estimated 77%
of the population is white, 12.9 % black or African-American,
4.6% Asian, and only 1% has Amerindian origins. The
religions are Catholicism, Protestantism, Christianity,
Orthodoxy, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam and Hinduism. 16% of
the population is atheist.
8. I’d really love to visit the U.S.A.,
because they’re the ones I liked
the most when I studied them in
Geography, and, after having been in
London, my next dream holiday would be going to
the U.S.A.
