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E Pluribus Unum (Traditional) : Facts
E Pluribus Unum (Traditional) : Facts
E Pluribus Unum (traditional)
• 1492 : Christopher Columbus, financed by Spain, makes the first of four voyages
to the New World
• Battles of Lexington and Concord, Mass., between the British Army and
colonial minutemen, marked the beginning of the war (April 19, 1775).
• 1776 : Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in
Philadelphia (July 4).
• 1783 : Great Britain formally acknowledged American independence in
the Treaty of Paris, which officially brings the war to a close .
• 1789 : George Washington is became the first president of the United
States.
GEOGRAPHY
ELEVATION EXTREMES :
• Lowest point : Death Valley : 86 m
• Highest point : Mount McKinley : 6,194 m
TERRAIN :
• Vast central plain
• Mountains in west
• Hills and low mountains in east
• Rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska
• Volcanic topography in Hawaii
DEMOGRAPHY
Population : 313,232,044
Population growth rate : 0.98%
World’s third largest country by population
Age structure
0-14 years : 20.1%
15-64 years : 66.8%
65 years and over : 13.1%
Major cities – population
• New York : 19.3 million
• Los Angeles : 12.675 million
• Chicago : 9.134 million
• Miami : 5.699 million
• Washington, D.C. : 4.421 million
CULTURE
1. Statue of liberty
2. Bald eagle
3. Liberty bell
4. Uncle sam
5. USA flag
CUISINES
Denny breakfast
Chicken fried steak
GRAND CANYON
NIAGRA FALLS,NY
STATUE OF LIBERTY
• complex system