The state is the main state-territorial unit of the United States of America. Each state has sovereignty in its internal affairs - its own constitution, judicial, executive and legislative powers, but is inferior to the federal authorities full authority in relations with foreign states. Since 1959, the US includes 50 states.

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. The process of recognizing the territory by the state is irreversible - after verification it has no right to withdraw from the United States. > The climate in the USA stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific in the west, bordering on the south with Mexico, and in the north of the main part - with Canada. In addition, in the northwest, north of Canada itself, is Alaska, and in the Pacific - Hawaii. The United States also owns a number of islands in the Caribbean (Puerto Rico) and the Pacific (American Samoa, Midway, Guam, etc.). That is why the USA presents almost all climatic zones: from the Arctic in Alaska to the tropical in Florida and in Hawaii. . USA trip U.S.A. National Parks . The origin of state names . The very concept of "state" appeared in America in 1648 - then so-called separate colonies in the modern territory of the United States. After the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the concept of "state" was introduced as the main designation for the state-territorial unit in America.

Of the 50 states 9 are named after historical personalities.

Of the 50 states 9 are named after historical figures : Washington (in honor of the first US president), Virginia and West Virginia (in honor of Elizabeth I, Queen Virgin), Delaware (named after Governor Lord De La Verry), Georgia (in honor of the English King George I), Maryland Queen Mary of England, wife of Car and I), North and South Carolina (in honor of Charles I), Louisiana (in honor of King Louis XIV). In addition, New Hampshire, New York and New Jersey are geographical names of the New World, similar to the British ones.

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• Bryce Canyon in Utah
• The 10 states of the name came from different European languages:
• Latin - Pennsylvania (the founder of the colony was William Penn, silva in Latin forest ", that is literally" Penn's forests "), English Maine (from English mainland in opposition to the surrounding islands), French - Vermont (French vert mont -" green mountain ")
• Dutch - Rhode Island (roodt eylandt - "red island"), Spanish: California (the name of the island from the ancient knightly novel "Acts Esplandiana" Garci Rodriguez de Montalvo), Colorado (after the name of the river Río Colorado - "colored, colored "), Montana (" mountainous "), Nevada (" snow-covered "), Oregon (presumably from Orejudo -" lop-eared ") and Florida (" flower uschaya »).

And finally, in 28 states the names come from the adverbs of North American Indians: for example, Wyoming - "changeable mountains and valleys", Massachusetts - "a small place on a big hill", and Minnesota - "sky-blue water." The names Iowa, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Kansas, Missouri and Utah are named after the tribes, Tennessee is the name of the Cherokee Indian settlement, and Indiana was named because the state was heavily populated by Indians.