United States of America

The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (US) or simply America, was a country primarily located in North America that existed from 1776 until its integration into the United Nations of Greater Earth as the American Commonwealth in 2603. A federal republic, the United States was Earth's sole superpower from the end of the Cold War in 1991 until the mid 24th century, and a remained a superpower into the new age of multipolarity afterward until its eventual dissolution as an independent country.

History

What would eventually become the United States began as a series of colonies founded on the Eastern coast of North America beginning in 1607 with the founding of Jamestown in the colony of Virginia. Subsequent colonies would be founded over the next 130 years or so. These colonies all displaced various indigenous nations which had been living in North America for generations prior to the arrival of the colonists. African slaves would also be brought over primarily to work on farms and plantations in the Southern colonies.

Following the conclusion of the Seven Years' War in 1763, Great Britain gained control over the vast majority of French territory in North America. However, Britain denied the colonists the right to expand West of the Appalachian mountains, reserving that territory for indigenous nations.