THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

NORTH AMERICA NORTH: CANADA; SOUTH: MEXICO; EAST: ATLANTIC OCEAN; WEST: PACIFIC OCEAN

4 TIME ZONES

48 STATES + ALASKA AND HAWAII

WEST: ROCKY MOUNTAINS CENTRE: ENORMOUS PLAIN EAST: APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

POPULATION: OVER 300 MILION

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

INDIPENDENCE DAY: 4TH JULY (1776)

12% AFRICAN-AMERICAN 15% SPEAK SPANISH

CAPITAL: WASHINGTON DC

1st PRESIDENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON

JOE BIDEN

BIGGEST CITY: NEW YORK

OTHER CITIES: BOSTON, SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, LAS VEGAS, NEW ORLEANS AND MIAMI

FLAG: STARS AND STRIPES 50 STARS (STATES)
13 STRIPES (COLONIES)

SIMBOL: BALD EAGLE

NATIONAL ANTHEM: THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER

NEW PRESIDENT EVERY 4 YEARS

HIGHEST POINT: MOUNT MCKINLEY, 6198m, ALASKA LOWEST POINT: DEATH VALLEY, 86m below the sea level, CALIFORNIA

COLDEST PLACE: ALASKA HOTTEST PLACE: DEATH VALLEY, 50°, CALIFORNIA

SOUTH EAST: HURRICANES SOUTH WEST: TORNADOES

1775: 2.2 milion SETTLERS ON THE EAST COAST

1861-1865: CIVIL WAR. PRESIDENT: ABRAHAM LINCOLN

MORE LAND TO FARM

MOVE WEST

1775: DANIEL BOONE MADE A TRAIL THROUGH THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

1804-1846: CAPTAIN LEWIS AND WILLIAM CLARK TRAVELLED ACCROSS THE USA TO ARIVE ON THE WEST COAST

1849: THE GOLD RUSH STARTED

WILD WEST WAS A VIOLENT PLACE

1809: HE WAS BORN

1846: HE ENTERED POLITICS

1860: HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT

ABOLITION OF SLAVERY

SOUTHERN STATES DIDN'T AGREE

1861: 7 PRO-SLAVERY STATES LEFT THE UNION TO FORM THE CONFEDERACY

THE CIVIL WAR STARTED

1865: THE CIVIL WAR ENDED WHEN THE CONFEDERACY SURRENDERED

ONE WEEK LATER: JOHN WILKES BOOTH (PRO-SLAVERY) SHOT ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN A THEATRE IN WASHINGTON DC

MATTEO AMADIO