词汇 | united states of america |
词源 | United States of America. Thomas Paine, the author of Common Sense, a popular tract that attracted many to the side of the American Revolution in 1776, coined the name United States of America for his adopted country. The name was first used in the subtitle of the Declaration of Independence: “The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of Amer- ica.” However, before the Articles of Confederation was ratified in 1781 the nation was known as The Congress. Under the Ar- ticles it was called The United States in Congress Assembled and under the Constitution was finally called Paine’s United States of America. It should be added that from as early as 1617 to as late as 1769 the kingdom or republic of Holland was called the United States. See summer soldier and sunshine patriot. |
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