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WHO GAVE your nation the name US?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

According to the National Archives, Thomas Jefferson was the first to use the term "United States of America" in writing the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Paine had earlier referred to the colonies as "Free and independent States of America."

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14y ago

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