United States of America (Earth-9991)

The United States of America, commonly known as the United States or the States is a major federal nation consisting of 50 states with large global influence. It's current president is Barack Obama.

Early History
The United States were founded by Britain, in the form of thirteen colonies alongside the Atlantic seaboard. The colony would then declare war against the Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War, the first wholly successful colonial war of independence. On July 4th, 1776, they issued the Declaration of Independence, which established them US as an independent country and it's formation as a cooperative union of 50 states.

Freedom and Bill of Rights
A federal convention was soon adopted on September 17th, 1787; the United States Constitution, and it's ratification in the following year made the states a part of a unified, single republic with a central government. The Bill of Rights, which comprised of ten constitutional amendments guaranteed many fundamental rights and freedoms to the American population, was ratified in 1791.

During the mid-1800s, the north and south of the United States engaged in a open war over the issue of slavery, with the north defending it's end and the south it's continuation. The North eventually won and slavery was abolished.

World Wars and Cold War
In the 20th Century, the United States entered in both World Wars, siding with the Allies. The US was responsible for the creation of Captain America in the Allies' war efforts again the Axis and HYDRA, where they succeeded following the end of World War II. From the end of the Second Great War, the United States fought against the Soviet Union in the Cold War, until 1991, whereas the union was dissolved by Mikhail Gorbachev.