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 | | The United States traces its national origin to the declaration by thirteen British colonies in 1776 that they were free and independent states and they were recognized as such by the Treaty of Paris (1783). |
 | | The United States also holds several other territories, districts and possessions, notably the federal district of the District of Columbia, which is the nation's capital, and several overseas insular areas, the most significant of which are Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. |
 | | The United States is also a great center of higher education, boasting more than 4,000 universities, colleges and other institutions of higher learning, the top tier of which may be considered to be among the most prestigious and advanced in the world. |
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