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| United States of America | ||||||
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 Map of the United States
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 Location of the United States of America
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| Motto: In God We Trust (official) |
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| Anthem: "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
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| Patron Saint(s): Mary | ||||||
| Capital | Washington, DC | |||||
| Official language(s) | None at federal level, English (de facto) | |||||
| Demonym | American | |||||
| Government | Federal constitutional republic | |||||
| - | Vice President | Joe Biden (D) | ||||
| - | Speaker of the House of Representatives | John Boehner (R) | ||||
| - | Chief Justice | John Roberts | ||||
| Independence | from the Kingdom of Great Britain | |||||
| - | Water (%) | 6.76 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2008 estimate | 305,532,000 (3) | ||||
| - | 2000 census | 281,421,906 | ||||
| - | Density | 31/km2 (180) 80.3/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2008 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | 14,334,000,000,000 (1) | ||||
| - | Per capita | 47,025 (6) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2008 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | 14,334,000,000,000 (1) | ||||
| - | Per capita | 47,025 (17) | ||||
| Currency | United States dollar (USD) |
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| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .us, .gov, .mil, .edu, .com, .org, .info, .biz | |||||
| Calling code | 1 | |||||
The United States of America is a federal republic comprising fifty states, mostly in central North America. The continental U.S. has three land borders, two with Canada and one with Mexico, and one territorial waters boundary with Russia. It is otherwise bounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea, the Arctic Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean. Of the 50 states, however, there are two, Alaska and Hawaii, which are neither contiguous with the other forty-eight nor with each other, and the U.S. has also a collection of districts, territories, and possessions around the world. Each of the fifty states has a high level of local autonomy under the system of federalism.
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History
U.S. Constitution
- Main Article: U.S. Constitution
The United States Constitution is the founding document of the United States of America as well as the supreme law of the land, which was adopted on September 17, 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Generally speaking, it is an attempt to form a comprehensive foundation of governing and political principles/precepts the United States is to live by.
Belief in God
- Main Article: U.S. religious heritage
In 1682, William Penn founded the Province of Pennsylvania thanks to a generous grant from King Charles II.[1] Over a century before the U.S. Constitution (1787) Penn founded a government with free voluntary elections of a two-house ruling assembly, similar to today's Congress, with trial by jury, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, right to private property, a public education system, fair taxation, and even term limits for elected officials. The new government was decisively Christian and based on the Bible, with mandated Sundays off, marriage based on the Bible (homosexuality, incest, and prostitution were illegal), and all public officials had to "possess faith in Jesus Christ".[2] The new government attracted the persecuted Christian minorities of Europe, fleeing from the Anglican and Catholic institutions there.[3]
Many of the colonies that became the United States of America in 1776 were settled by men and women of deep religious convictions who in the seventeenth century crossed the Atlantic Ocean to practice their faith freely. Most American statesmen, when they began to form new governments at the state and national levels, shared the convictions of most of their constituents that religion was, to quote Alexis de Tocqueville's observation, indispensable to the maintenance of republican institutions. The Founders of the American nation went to great lengths to define the role of religious faith in public life and the degree to which it could be supported by public officials.[4]
In 2009, an MSNBC poll obtained 14,924,742 responses to the question Should the motto "In God We Trust" be removed from U.S. currency? 12% responded Yes - it's a violation of the principle of separation of church and state. 88% responded No - the motto has historical and patriotic significance and does nothing to establish a state religion.[5]
Creationist organizations
Parks
National parks
- Arches National Park
- Badlands National Park
- Big Bend National Park
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Capitol Reef National Park
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- Dinosaur National Monument
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Petrified Forest National Park
- White Sands National Monument
- Yellowstone National Park
- Zion National Park
State parks
Other sites
Channeled Scablands - Green River Formation - Mount St. Helens - Morrison Formation
Museums
Creationist museums
- 7 Wonders Museum — Silverlake, Washington
- A Key Encounter Nature Theatre and Planetarium — Key West, Florida [1]
- Akron Fossils and Science Center — Akron, Ohio
- Ark Museum & Dinosaur Park — Nashville, Tennessee. Still in planning stage. [2]
- Biblical Archeology and Anthropology Museum — Ridgecrest, Calfornia [3]
- Camp Sunrise Museum — Fairmount, Georgia [4]
- Creation Adventures Museum — Arcadia, Florida. Customized activities for small groups such as fossil digs and canoe trips. [5]
- Creation and Earth History Museum — Santee, California, formerly of the Institute for Creation Research now run by Life and Light Foundation.
- Creation Discovery Museum — Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
- Creation Evidence Museum — Paluxy River, Glen Rose, Texas.
- Creation Museum and Family Discovery Center — Cincinnati, Ohio. Constructed and operated by Answers in Genesis.
- Creation Truth Foundation — Field Museum, Oklahoma [6]
- DINO Creation Museum — Carmichael, California. by the Center for Natural Studies [7]
- Dinosaur Adventure Land — Pensacola, Florida [8]
- Discovery Center — Abilene, Texas, the Creation Discovery Center. [9]
- Glendive Dinosaur and Fossil Museum — Glendive, Montana. Also has dinosaur excavations open to the public. [10]
- Grand River Museum — Lemmon, South Dakota. September 2002 the Grand River Museum purchased a new building. [11]
- Greater Ancestors World Museum — Jacksonville,Florida [12]
- Lost World Museum — Phoenix, New York
- Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum — Crosbyton, Texas [13]
- Museum of Earth History — Dallas, Texas.
- Wyatt Archaeological Museum — Cornersville, Tennessee. Run by Wyatt Archaeological Research, Inc. [14]
Agencies
- National Park Service
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Department of Education
- U.S. Geological Survey
- National Academy of Sciences
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
- National Science Foundation
External Links:
- Bureau of Land Management
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Library of Congress
- Mineral Management Service
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration
- National Institutes of Health
- National Park Service
- The National Science Foundation
- Recreation.gov
- Office of Surface Mining
- US National Archives and Records Administration
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- US House of Representative Committee on Resources
- US Geological Survey
- National Human Genome Research Institute
News
- Why doesn't America believe in evolution? Growing proportion of America thinks that we did not descend from an ancestral ape. New Scientist. August 19, 2006.
- The End of Christian America The percentage of self-identified Christians has fallen 10 points in the past two decades suggesting what our nation is about to become. Newsweek. Apr 4, 2009.
References
- ↑ "The Quaker Province: 1681-1776 - The Founding of Pennsylvania." Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.
- ↑ Penn, William (1682, May 5). "Frame of Government of Pennsylvania." Lillian Goldman Law Library. Yale University. The Avalon Project.
- ↑ Roland, John (2011, October 25). "Excerpts from Frame of Government of Pennsylvania by William Penn, 1682." The Constitution Society.
- ↑ Religion and the Founding of the American Republic U.S. Library of Congress
- ↑ Should the motto "In God We Trust" be removed from U.S. currency? MSNBC.com
External links
- List of United States treaties by Wikipedia
- Presidential Speeches by the University of Virginia; Miller Center of Public Affairs
See Also
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