There are fifty states in the united states ot america the population ia over 200million before 1776 there were many flags in america rhode island for example had an anchor on its flag massachusetts a tree new hampshire a ship in1776 after the declaration of independence the stsrs and stripes first became the american flag thirteen stripes represen the thirteen ststes that signed the whole of the union new stats joined the union and the flag changed 26 times the two newest statesare alaska and hawaii перевод