5 hours agoUnited States of America named 234 years ago
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(5 years ago)On June 23, 1787, delegates from the Constitutional Assembly in Philadelphia voted unanimously to name the new country . This name was used in the Declaration of Independence 1776, but in the country's first constitution known as the Confederacy Articles, the country's name was the United States [...]
This name was used in the Declaration of Independence 1776, but in the country's first constitution known as the Confederacy Articles, the country's name was the United States of North America.
In the Philadelphia Assembly, delegate from Connecticut, Oliver Elseworth, successfully convinced the other delegates that the new country was named the United States, which it currently holds.
