America and American

[Frank Abate]

Carl Jeffrey Weber said:

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The first use of the name, United States of America, on a map, was (in
French) on a French map soon after the revolution.
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And, for the record, the first use of "United States of America" is in the
Declaration of Independence (1776), and this became "official" when the same
wording was applied to the country in the Articles of Confederation (1777).

Frank Abate