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