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When did the term 'United States of America' become popular usage?
The phrase appears in the Preamble of the United States Constitution, but was it familiar much before then?
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- ?Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
"The first known use of the formal term "United States of America" was in the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Paine, in February, 1776, had written of "Free and independent States of America." The terms "United Colonies," "United Colonies of America," "United Colonies of North America," and also "States," were used in 1775 and 1776."
There's also a great deal of other constitutional information at this site.
- Nancy DLv 71 decade ago
I believe when the Constitution was made it became a well-known term by then.