What was America called before independence?
It was probably just called the New World. It is thought that
the name America comes from the Italian Amerigo Vespucci, however
Contries/continents are never named after first names. It is little
known that it was named after a Welshman's last name; Americano.
Also people think Cristopher Columbas first discovered America but
in the 9th century a prince, Americano, crossed the Atlantic and
settled upstream in what now is Alabama. He and his followers
settled there and mixed with the natives but like the natives got
wiped out by disease when europeans later arrived. This was one of
Britain's arguments to their ownership of the New World.