United States of America (Never Truly United)

The United States of America, commonly referred to as the United States (U.S.) or America, was a constitutional federal republic composed of 29 states and a federal district. Some of the states where contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico.

The capital was Washington, D.C. and the largest city was New York City; the other major metropolitan areas were Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston and Philadelphia.

Paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago.[27] European colonization began in the 16th century. The United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the colonies following the Seven Years' War led to the American Revolution, which began in 1775. On July 4, 1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the colonies unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence. The war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. However, the colonies had began infighting and most new states had a deep hatred of each other. The constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, adopted in 1781, were felt to have provided inadequate federal powers. The first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties.

The United States embarked on a vigorous expansion across North America throughout the 19th century, displacing American Indian tribes, acquiring new territories, and gradually admitting new states until it spanned the continent by 1848. The US, however, still suffering from infighting, still had states breaking off and becoming it's own republic. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of legal slavery in the country. By the end of that war, the president, Lincoln was assassinated and the US fell into chaos, splitting into several different republics.