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The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands.
This is an incomplete list of the highest settlements in each state or territory in the United States, as well as the District of Columbia.These settlements may be cities, towns, census-designated places or other unincorporated communities.
The first documented use of the phrase "United States of America" is a letter from January 2, 1776. Stephen Moylan, a Continental Army aide to General George Washington, wrote to Joseph Reed, Washington's aide-de-camp, seeking to go "with full and ample powers from the United States of America to Spain" to seek assistance in the Revolutionary War effort.
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The United States order of precedence is an advisory document maintained by the Ceremonials Division of the Office of the Chief of Protocol of the United States which lists the ceremonial order, or relative preeminence, for domestic and foreign government officials (military and civilian) at diplomatic, ceremonial, and social events within the United States and abroad.
The earliest contacts between the two countries date to the 1830s when James Buchanan sought to create new trading routes on the Danube and in the Black Sea.In 1839, the American consul to Constantinople urged the Department of State to form consular offices in the Danubian Principalities with the role of increasing trade in the Danube harbors.
A United States diplomatic representative to Romania has existed since 1880. The United States formally recognized Romania in 1878, following the Treaty of Berlin; diplomatic relations were opened in 1880, and American diplomats were sent to the country.