Al Jazeera looks at the US economy, demographics, geography and other indicators ahead of the November 5 elections.

On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence from England, an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States. Each year on the fourth of July, also known as ...

The widespread political assumption of Americans after their revolution in 1776 was that British colonists ... to the south the original United States of 13 colonies expanded aggressively.

The United States does not have a state religion and does not force religion of any kind onto the people living here.

Donald Trump wins the Presidential Election in the key swing state of North Carolina, picking up the 16 Electoral College ...

It marks the day the Declaration of Independence was adopted (July 4, 1776) and the United States ... it was comprised of 13 ...

These cash crops flourished in the region's warm climate and abundant waterways, making South Carolina one of the wealthiest of the 13 original colonies ... resistance. By 1776, South Carolina ...

These 20 maps offer an overview of the economy, demographics, geography and history of the country of 335 million people as ...

In Pennsylvania, William Penn’s Great Act (1682) made passed in the colonies [sic]. By 1776, most of the colonies ... the number of capital offenses from thirteen to two. Virginia and Kentucky ...

Courtesy of the Historical Society of the Nyacks 1776 map of Upper Nyack’s six farms ... Valley in 1776 when the British made ...