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 United States Item @ LaunchBase.net (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Later, the United States Constitution was ratified by the Constitutional Convention in 1787 to establish a federal union of sovereign states and the federal government to operate that union.
The post-war era in the United States was defined internationally by the beginning of the Cold War in the late 1940s, when the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) attempted to expand their own global influence, with the U.S. representing democracy and capitalism, and the USSR Communism and a centrally planned economy.
The federal government of the United States is comprised of a Legislative Branch (led by Congress), an Executive Branch (led by the President), and a Judicial Branch (led by the Supreme Court).
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 ipedia.com: List of United States-related topics Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
List of extinct animals of the United States
List of state highways in the United States
List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The United States of America
Many of the legislatures were dismissed or dissolved for their connexion with the circular letter, or for complaining of the unfair treatment of some sister colony.
In examining the constitutionality of a state law one is to assume that the state legislature has power to pass all acts whatever, unless they are prohibited by the Constitution of the United States or by the constitution of the state.
The legislatures of the free states, except Iowa, resolved that Congress had the power and was in duty bound to prohibit slavery in the territories.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/United States
However, the structure of the United States was profoundly changed in 1788 when the states replaced the Articles of Confederation with the United States Constitution; often, sources use the date each of the original 13 states adopted the Constitution as the date on that state "entered the Union" (became part of the United States).
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 does not have an official language at federal level; nevertheless, English is spoken by the vast majority of the population and serves as the de facto language: English is the language used for legislation, regulations, executive orders, treaties, federal court rulings, and all other official pronouncements.
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