What is the name of the United States?

The United States of America (The United States of America) is referred to as the United States (U.S.A.). The United States is named after the continent. In English, America and the United States are the same word "America", but the Chinese translation is different. The former refers to the entire America, and the latter refers to the United States.

The nickname of the United States is "Uncle Sam". Legend has it that during the Anglo-American War in 1812, Sam Wilson (1766.9.13--1854.7.31), a businessman from Troy, New York, wrote "u.s." on the barrels supplying beef to the army, indicating that it was the property of the United States. This is the same as the abbreviation ("u.s.") of his nickname "Uncle Sam", so people jokingly said that these supplies with "u.s." marks belonged to "Uncle Sam". Later, "Uncle Sam" gradually became a nickname for the United States. In the 1830s, American cartoonists drew "Uncle Sam" as a tall, white-haired old man wearing a star-striped hat and a goat's beard. In 1961, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution officially recognizing "Uncle Sam" as a symbol of the United States.

It was originally an Indian settlement. At the end of the 15th century, Spain, the Netherlands, France, Britain, etc. began to immigrate to North America. Britain caught up from behind, and by 1773, Britain had established 13 colonies. In 1775, the American people's War of Independence broke out against the British colonists. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia to form the "Continental Army", with George Washington as commander-in-chief. It adopted the "Declaration of Independence" and formally declared the establishment of the United States of America. The Revolutionary War ended in 1783, the Federal Constitution was formulated in 1787, and George Washington was elected as the first president in 1788. After 1812, it completely got rid of British rule. In 1860, Abraham Lincoln, a Republican who opposed black slavery, was elected president. After the Emancipation Proclamation was announced in September 1862, southern slave owners launched a rebellion and the Civil War broke out. In 1865, the war ended with the victory of the North, thus clearing the way for the rapid development of capitalism in the United States. At the beginning of the 19th century, with the development of capitalism, the United States began to expand abroad. In the 100 years after 1776, the territory of the United States expanded almost tenfold. After World War II, the national power of the United States increased significantly. The famous American black civil rights leader Martin Luther King