Who Named the United States? (Short Animated Documentary)

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The United States of America. The USA. America. The Land of the Free. These are just some of the names for that continental sized nation which Alaska wishes it could touch. You'll be surprised to know that other names were considered for the new nation during the American Revolution against Britain and that a name wasn't settled on until the Constitutional Congress. Until other ideas, like Columbia or Fredonia were proposed. So why did the Founding Fathers choose the name 'United States of America'. Find out in this video, the latest in my very short, animated historical documentaries (about history). God Bless Fredonia. Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tenminhistory Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/history-matters-store-2 Special Thanks to the following Patrons for their support on Patreon: Alen Kevin Sanders Chris Fatta Richard Wolfe Stefan Møller Ian Jensen D. Mahlik anon sharpie660 Andrew Niedbala Qi Xiao Wolf Ariadni Voulgari John Garcia Mitchell Wildoer Paul McGee Nathan Perlman Bernardo Santos Christopher Godfrey Perry Gagne Shaun Pullin Danny Ansteht James Castañeda Sam Chris Hall August Block Henry Rabung Joooooshhhhh Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Vesko Dinev Yasin Ayas Troy Schmidt Mitchell Watene hamid kadiwala Blake Dryad Adam Barrett I’m Not In The Description Lachlan Haydn Noble FuzzytheFair Liam Gilleece Byzans_Scotorius Jeffrey Schneider Sources: (Bawl-)Fredonia: Renaming, Remapping, and Retelling the United States in the Early Republic by Christian Quendler The Naming of America by Franz Laubenberger and Steven Rowan