United States (1790)

Overview

The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States also asserts sovereignty over five major island territories and various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's third-largest land area and third-largest population, exceeding 341 million.

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Borders & accuracy

Dashed borders mark empires whose extent we can date but whose precise frontiers are contested or undocumented.

• SOURCEreconstructed from Natural Earth country boundaries
• DETAILreconstructed-clipped-country
• SNAPSHOT1790
• POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire581

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity (any of its time-slices), best-documented first.

• American Civil War1861–65
  World-changing · 750K dead
• American Revolutionary War1775–83
  World-changing · 50K dead
• First Barbary War1801–05
  Major conflict
• Navajo Wars / Long Walk1849–68
  Major conflict
• American Indian Wars - Long-term1600–1890
  Significant · 500K dead
• War of 18121812–15
  Significant · 50K dead
• Mexican-American War1846–48
  Significant · 50K dead
• Sioux Plains Conflicts1854–90
  Significant · 30K dead
• Seminole Wars (1817-1858)1817–58
  Significant · 20K dead
• Apache Wars1851–86
  Significant · 5.0K dead
• Battle of Ladiga1864
  Significant · 9 dead
• Cherokee-American Wars1776–95
  Significant
• St. Clair's Defeat1791
  Significant
• Battle of Fallen Timbers1794
  Significant
• Comanche Raids on Texas Frontier1800–75
  Significant
• Tecumseh's War1810–13
  Significant
• Battle of Tippecanoe1811
  Significant
• Battle of the Thames1813
  Significant
• Second Barbary War1815–16
  Significant
• Apache Raids on US-Mexico Frontier1850–86
  Significant
• Colorado War1863–65
  Significant
• Bear River Massacre1863
  Significant
• Sand Creek Massacre1864
  Significant
• Snake War1864–68
  Significant

+ 557 more in the atlas.