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List of United States history articles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (297 words) |
 | This is a list of articles related to the History of the United States. |
 | History of Alabama - History of California - History of Colorado - History of Connecticut - History of Hawaii - History of Guam - History of Florida - History of Kansas - History of Missouri - History of New York - History of Pennsylvania - History of Puerto Rico |
 | Demographic history of the United States - History of the Jews in the United States - History of immigration to the United States - History of feminism in the United States |
| United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (5792 words) |
 | 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, American English is the first and/or only language of the overwhelming majority of the population and serves as the de facto official language: English is the language used for legislation, regulations, executive orders, treaties, federal court rulings, and all other official pronouncements. |
 | Spanish follows English as the second-most spoken language in the United States, primarily due to the influence of recent Latin American immigrants and the fact that almost a fifth of its continental territory was originally part of Mexico, and it is a primary spoken language in some areas of the Southwest. |