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Cameroon - USA Chamber of Commerce
Jacksonville, Florida
"Cameroon is a place of stability in that part of Africa and we want to do
everything we can to strengt
hen our relationship with Cameroon"
Secretary of State Collin Powell
About the United States of America

Background
Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and
were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America
following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries,
37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded
across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas
possessions. The two most traumatic experiences in the nation's history
were the Civil War (1861-65) and the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Buoyed by victories in World Wars I and II and the end of the Cold War in
1991, the US remains the world's most powerful nation state. The
economy is marked by steady growth, low unemployment and inflation,
and rapid advances in technology.

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                            (courtesy of the Cia World Factbook 2005)
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