"The highest mountain is Mount McKinley, in the nowadays the name of mountain is Denali, which lies in Cordilleras in Alaska. Near the Sierra Nevada lies the lowest point of the US, Death Valley. This protrusion is 86 meters below sea level. It is a desert without water sources, where the highest temperature on Earth has been measured yet, 56.7 ° C (fifty six point seven degrees celsius) in the shade.The longest US river is the Missouri River, followed by the Mississippi River. Other big rivers are for example the River Saint Lawrence and Rio Grande. There are many lakes for example Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, which are called the Great lakes. This lake are of glacial origin. From some these lakes are formed Nijagara’s falls.

Original inhabitants of America were Indians, which were named by Christopher Columbus, who arrived there in 1492. He thought he is in India, because he called them Indians. Until the 18th century there were colonies of British, Spanish, Portuguese and French. On 4th of July in 1776 was signed a declaration of independence. In 1861 civil war broke out there. This war is also called war north against south. The US entered second World War, because of the attack on their harbor, called Pearl Harbor.

The government is divided into three branches: the executive, legislative and judicial. The executive branch is made up of the president and his cabinet, or advisors. The legislative branch
is the section that makes the laws. It is made up of two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Together they form the Congress. The judicial branch is the federal court system, which enforces and defines the laws made by Congress. The highest court in the country is called the Supreme Court. American politics is dominated by the two largest parties - the Republican Party and the Democratic Party."

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