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{{Useful Notes|wppage=United States}}
:''This page is about the [[Real Life]] location. For the related trope, see [[Eagle Land]].''
[[File:United States map 2315.gif|frame|Oh, ''there'' it is... staging a two-flank siege of [[Canada]].]]
{{quote|''"I want to be in America, okay by me in America, everything's free in America -- for a small fee in America."''|'''"America"''', ''[[West Side Story]]''}}
The United States of America -- [[I Have Many Names|commonly referred to as the United States, the US, the USA, the US of A, America, or the States]]
Colonized by Europeans from the 16th century onwards, thirteen of the British-ruled colonies on the eastern coast [[Start My Own|declared independence in 1776 and combined to form their own country]]. The new nation then [[Manifest Destiny|expanded westwards]] (to the unhappiness of the previous native population that it came into conflict with), acquiring land from France, Britain (not Canada), Mexico, and Russia, annexing the Kingdom of Hawaii, and small territory gains from military conflicts with Spain (now Cuba) and Japan.
Over the course of the late 19th century to the present, the United States became a superpower and
The country's government consists of three branches, with the head of one of these (the executive branch) being commonly viewed as a main political leader: the [[The Presidents|elected President]] of the United States,
Not to be confused with [[Mexico|the other United States]] (with which this one shares a border), [[The United States of America (band)]], the "United States of Japan" in ''[[Code Geass]]'', or the "United States of Earth" in ''[[Futurama]]''.
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* [[Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire|Baltimore]], MD
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* [[DFW Metroplex|Dallas/Fort Worth]], TX
* [[Milwaukee]], WI
▲*** [[New York City Cops]] (the NYPD)
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* [[Other Cities in Texas]]
* [[Washington DC]]
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* [[The Several States|States and territories:]]
** [[Alaska]]
** [[California]]
** [[Florida]]
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** [[Hawaii]]
** [[Michigan]]
** [[New York State]]
*** [[Niagara Falls]]
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** [[Utah]]
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* [[Down on the Farm]] (the rural Midwest)
* [[The Other Rainforest]] (the Pacific Northwest)
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[[File:Flag of the United States.svg|thumb|350px|Flag of the United States of America]]
* [[American English]]
** [[American Accents]]
** [[Stock American Phrases]]
* [[
* [[American Customary Measurements]]
* [[American Dream]]
* [[American Educational System]]
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** [[High School]]
** [[Ivy League]]
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** [[Super Bowl]]
** [[Super Bowl Special]]
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** [[
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** [[
* [[Country Music]]
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* [[Double Feature]]
* [[Drive-In Theater]]
* [[Melting Pot]]
* [[Useful Notes/Native Americans|Native Americans]]
* [[Only in America]]
** [[Only in Florida]]
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* [[Suburbia]]
* [[American Courts]]
** [[The Common Law]]
* [[American Currency]]
* [[American Driving Laws]]
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* [[
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** [[DMCA]]
** [[Felony Murder]]
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** [[Police Brutality]]
** [[Three Degrees of Murder]]
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** [[American Federalism]]
** [[Twenty-Fifth Amendment]]
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** [[The Presidents]]
*** [[Who Shot JFK?]]
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** [[Air Force One]]
** [[Coast Guard]]
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** [[Useful Notes/The Pentagon|The Pentagon]]
** [[Semper Fi]] (United States Marine Corps)
* [[The Colonial Period]]
* [[The American Revolution]]
** [[Benjamin Franklin]]
* [[Antebellum America]]
** [[The War of 1812]]
** [[Manifest Destiny]]
** [[Mexican-American War]]
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** [[The Space Race]]
* [[American Newspapers]]
* [[American Television Stations]]
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* [[PBS]]
* [[Seven Dirty Words]]
* [[Station Ident]]ification -- Yes, along with every other country in the world, the USA does this too.
See [[Media Classifications]] for American (and other) video game and movie rating systems.
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[[Category:Useful Notes/The Americas]]
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