Washington

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Washington

• ECONOMY- The state majors in
• Livestock
• Fruits
• Fish
• Lumber
• CULTURE-
• Camping
• Hiking
• GEOGRAPHY-
• Olympia is the capitol city
• The Rocky Mountains
  
  cut across the NE part of the state

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• TOURISM-
• Scenery
• Fishing
• Camping
• HISTORY-
• President Benjamin Harrison proclaimed Washington
  as the 42ncd state

WASHINGTON
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New Mexico

• ECONOMY-
• Oil and Natural Gasses
• Zinc, Coal, Copper, Silver, Gold, and Perlite
• CULTURE-
• New Mexicans dance the eagle dance during
  festivals during this dance they wear eagle
  costumes
• They call their festivals Fiestas
• New Mexicans LOVE to celebrate
• GEOGRAPHY-
• Capitol Santa Fe
• Rio Grande is the longest river
• Highest Point- Wheeler Peak (13,161 feet)

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NEW MEXICO

• TOURISM-
• Tourist gaze in awe at the scope of big room, a
  rock which is more than ten football fields long
  and about 22 stories high.
• HISTORY-
• The First New Mexicans were hunters from Asia
• Columbus called these people Indians because he
  thought he was in India
• The Spaniards who came in the 1500s were amazed
  at the stone cities they found
• People began abandoning the cities in the late
  1200s and early 1300s
• Much later, an American arm led by General
  Stephen W. Kearny stormed into New Mexico in
  August of 1846 - the army was well equipped and
  won against the New Mexicans with out shooting a
  single shot.
• A while after, the treaty of 1848 GUADALUPE
  HIDALGO ended the Mexican war
• 5 years later, the Gadsden Purchase gave New
  Mexico its southern border .

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Hawaii

• Hawaii is a very interesting state. It has sandy
  beaches and is great for vacationing.
  
  
  
• ECONOMY-
• Tourism is Hawaiis leading industry. The U.S.
  military is the second lead of industry. Sugar is
  the main agricultural item in this state. The
  island Lanai is the home to Dole pineapple.
  Important items that are sold are coffee,
  macadamia nuts, and fruit.
• CUSTOMS-
• Hawaii customs are very different from the fourth
  of July parades . In Hawaii they dance hula to
  the ukulele. The ukulele originated from a
  Spanish guitar and the hula was a way to pray to
  the gods.

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• History-
• in about A.D. 750 the Polynesians settled Hawaii
• he next thousand years the islands different
  government
• Chief Kamehameha brought the islands together
• Captain cook discovered Hawaii
• Traded guns for the islanders possessions
• Kamehameha conquered the islands with his guns
• He put his own governors on each one
• In 1959, Hawaii became a state to the U.S.
• TOURISIM-
• Many Festivals
• GEOGRAPHY-
• 6,450 square miles
• Honolulu is the capital

HAWAII