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September The simple answer is that as of the 4th of July , the United States is years old. The passing of the Declaration of Independence meant that the thirteen original British colonies in North America ceased to be colonies and officially at least according to them became a sovereign nation.
But, as I said before, this is just the simple answer and the simple answer may or may not be correct depending on when you count the birth of a nation. It separated from a landmass known as Laurentia Lauren, to her friends which also contained Eurasia, around million years ago. If you believe the age of the United States should be counted from when the Native Americans first set foot on the North American continent, then the age of the United States is somewhere between 15, and 40,years-old.
E and 38, B. E via a land bridge connecting North America to Siberia. He set sail on the evening of August 3, , in three ships: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. It took roughly 10 weeks to find the Americas, and on October 12, , he set foot in the Bahamas with a group of sailors from the Santa Maria. If you believe the age of the United States should be counted from when the first settlement was established, then the United States is years old.
The first settlement was established on Roanoke Island in , however, all was not well. The harsh conditions and lack of supplies meant that by the time some of the original settlers arrived back on the island with supplies in , the settlement appeared to be completely abandoned with no sign of the original inhabitants. If you believe the age of the United States should be counted from when the first successful settlement was established, then the age of the United States is years old.
In a joint venture with the Virginia Company, they established a second settlement at Jamestown in These days the population of the United States sits at just over million people. But years ago, according to the government Census Bureau, the population was 2. In two and a half centuries the US has grown to times its size and now stands as the third most populous country, behind only China 1. So, years may sound like a decent innings in human or dog years, but in terms of a country, the USA is a relative baby.
The oldest country - although there is a distinction needed between country and empire - is believed to be the Republic of San Marino, the small landlocked nation within Italy.
It was founded in BCE, making it a whopping 2, years old today. Out of interest, going back to the US claiming independence from Great Britain, the history and age of those colonial rulers is a rather more complicated story to tell. Te recomendamos en English. New Hampshire was the last state that had to approve the constitution for it to be adopted across the country. Some argue that although the Declaration of Independence was adopted in , the Union ceased to exist with the secession of the Southern States before the American Civil War.
It is with the end of the Civil War May that the country was recreated, one may say. With this theory, the US is years old as of May
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