Some nations, specially Chinese and Italian keep their traditions and languages and live in small communities. 80% are white, 12% are black, 9% are hispanic, 4% asian and only 1% native. In the past black people from african continent were cought and sold to America as slaves and they had to work on fields. The slavery was abolished in 1865 after the war between North and South (1861), but they were discriminated for a long time. For example women have the right to vote since 1920 but the black people since 1965. The school segregation became illegal in 1954 and the segregation in job in 1964. So we can say, that USA is a multiracial and multinational country. The religion is protestant, catholic and jewish. The currency is american dollar $. New York is a city which is situated between two rivers Hudson and East. It is the biggest and one of the oldiest cities of country Connecticut and all United States. It was founded in 1624 and now it is an urban area with more than 8 million people. It is a financial centre of USA and a settelemnt of many big corporations. It is also a centre of cultural life. The one of the parts of New York City, Manhattan, is famous for its skycrapers and since 11.9.2001 unfortunatelly as a symbol of terorism´s cruelty. The United States democratic republic, it is a federation of 50 countries and the head of state is president (now George Bush). The US flag is made of stars and stripes. Independence in 1776.The executive power has the president (he is elected for 4 years with the vice president; chooses the 14 cabinet members who head departments; chooses who will run as vice president; appoints federal judges; chooses heads of agencies such as the FBI=Federal Bureau of Investigation and CIA=Central Intelligent Agency; proposes laws, and approves federal laws after Congress has approved them; is advised by the cabinet about foreign and domestic affairs; is responsible for relations with foreign countries); the legislative power has Congress made of two Houses : The House of Representatives (with 435 representatives elected for two years) and Senate (with 100 senators elected for 6 years). Congress proposes and approves federal laws, can declare war and approves the choice of federal judges and the cabinet. The judiciary power have The Supreme Court (Nine Supreme Court judges are appointed for life) and The Federal Courts (12 courts of appeal and 91 district courts). In USA there are two leading parties: Democratic Party and Republican Party (smaller Libertarian Party and the Labor Party).