United States of America

The United States of America, commonly the US, USA, America, or just The States was a nation-state located in North America on the planet Earth. A President served as Chief of State.

American Revolution and nationhood
Various taxes was imposed on the colonists as it was becoming increasingly difficult for the crown to pay for its military excursions and the defense of the American colonies from native uprisings. The colonists widely resented the taxes as they were denied representation in the British Parliament. A famous protest against the tax on tea was orchestrated at Boston, known as the "Boston Tea Party," in which the the Doctor claimed to have participated (DW: The Unquiet Dead).

In 1775, the American Revolutionary War against colonial rule by Britain began. The Rani was present at some point during this conflict, and extracted brain chemicals from soldiers, using the violence to conceal her presence (DW: The Mark of the Rani).

American Civil War
The American Civil War was the war between the North and the South. Soldiers from this conflict where kidnapped by the War Lords for use in their war games. (DW: The War Games)

1950s
In 1959, the Americans sent their first satellite up into Earth orbit. Unknown to the public, it actually ended up in Wales. (DW: Delta and the Bannermen)

1960s
On November 22 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald (supposedly) shot President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas.


 * See Kennedy assassination.

An American Moon landing happened in 1969. (DW: Blink, MA: Who Killed Kennedy)

2000s
Around 2008, "Harold Saxon" announced first contact with the Toclafane, who he described as a friendly form of alien life. The United States sent President Elect Winters to come to the Valiant and take charge, whereupon the Toclafane killed him. (DW: The Sound of Drums)


 * Even though the The Year That Never Was later "un-happened", Winters' death remained unchanged.

Fall
Circa 2037 the Wars of Independence happened which broke the United States up, and destroyed the city of Phoenix turning it into the Phoenix Sandbowl. (EDA: Alien Bodies NA: Christmas on a Rational Planet)


 * By implication, a Tesla bomb destroyed the city.

In 2146 America's economy collapsed causing food riots. (NA: Lucifer Rising)

People and culture
U.S. popular culture had a significant influence on the rest of the Earth during the 20th and 21st centuries, especially in the Western world. U.S. music was heard all over the world, and included such forms as blues, jazz and rock and roll. As late as the final destruction of Earth during the expansion of its Sun, much of this music was still considered among the greatest ever composed by humanity (DW: The End of the World).

American DJs were well liked by The DJ of Tranquil Repose, who based his style of presentation on them. Peri Brown thought of "Tranquil Repose" as the sort of name for a place in America; the Doctor agreed but thought America of not having a monopoly on bad taste. (DW: Revelation of the Daleks)

Largest cities
New York City was destroyed during the 22nd century Dalek invasion (DW: The Chase), while Los Angeles was still a major global centre in the early years of the Earth Empire (DW: Frontier in Space).

Stories set in the United States and/or the thirteen American colonies

 * Alaska
 * BFA: The Land of the Dead
 * Arizona
 * DW: The Gunfighters
 * TVC: U.F.O.
 * California
 * DW: The Daleks' Master Plan ("The Feast of Steven")
 * PDA: Dying in the Sun
 * PDA: The King of Terror
 * DW: Doctor Who (1996)
 * EDA: Vampire Science
 * EDA: Unnatural History
 * TN: Wonderland
 * ST: Face-Painter
 * ST: Goodwill Toward Men
 * ST: A Town Called Eternity''
 * EDA: Mad Dogs and Englishmen
 * Florida
 * EDA: Father Time
 * Illinois
 * NA: Blood Harvest
 * Louisiana
 * EDA: The City of the Dead
 * Malbolgia
 * BFA: Minuet in Hell
 * Massachusetts
 * PDA: The Witch Hunters
 * Nevada
 * EDA: Mad Dogs and Englishmen
 * New England
 * TDA: Forever Autumn''
 * New Hampshire
 * PDA: Drift
 * New Mexico
 * NA: First Frontier
 * PDA: Atom Bomb Blues
 * New York
 * DW: The Chase (scene atop the Empire State Building)
 * PDA: Salvation
 * NA: Cat's Cradle: Warhead
 * NA: Christmas on a Rational Planet
 * BFA: Invaders from Mars
 * DW: Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks
 * DW: The Stolen Earth
 * Texas
 * ST: The Farmer's Story
 * Utah
 * DW: Dalek
 * Washington, D.C.
 * PDA: Blue Box''
 * Vague or Unspecified
 * PDA: Heart of TARDIS (A 'Midwestern town')
 * ST: The True and Indisputable Facts in the Matter of the Ram's Skull