Northeastern United States

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The United States Location, Size, and Regions
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Northeast United States
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Label the States
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Maryland
Delaware
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Postal Abbreviations Postal Abbreviations Postal Abbreviations Postal Abbreviations
ME Maine NY New York
NH New Hampshire NJ New Jersey
VT Vermont PA Pennsylvania
MA Massachusetts DE Delaware
RI Rhode Island MD Maryland
CT Connecticut
State Capitals State Capitals
ME Augusta
NH Concord
VT Montpelier
MA Boston
RI Providence
CT Hartford
NY Albany
NJ Trenton
PA Harrisburg
DE Dover
MD Annapolis
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Geographic Features
St. Lawrence River
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Lake Ontario
Gulf of Maine
New York
Lake Erie
Massachusetts
Appalachian Mountains
Cape Cod
Connecticut
Long Island Sound
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Atlantic Ocean
Delaware River
Maryland
Delaware
Delaware Bay
Potomac River
Washington DC
Chesapeake Bay
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Northeastern United States
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Northeastern United States

• There are 11 states in the Northeast.
• Of these states, 6 are known together as the New
  England States Connecticut, Maine,
  Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and
  Vermont.
• The other 5 states are known as the Middle
  Atlantic States Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey,
  New York, and Pennsylvania.

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Physical Features

• Long ago glaciers covered much of the land, and
  as they moved they wore down mountains and
  carried away the fertile soil. This part of the
  region has broad valleys and rolling hills, with
  a few low mountain ranges, including the
  Appalachian Mountains.
• Most of the land in the Middle Atlantic states
  are part of the Coastal Plain, the low land that
  stretches along the Atlantic Ocean.
• St. Lawrence Seaway, which connects many inland
  ports on the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.
• The Erie Canal connects the Great Lakes to the
  Atlantic Ocean. Lake Erie and Lake Ontario are
  in the northeast.
• Key Rivers for transportationDelaware River and
  Potomac River

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Climate/Weather

• Often have warm/humid summers and bitterly cold,
  snowy winters
• Noreasters
• 4 main seasons each year winter, spring, summer,
  fall
• Colorful Fall Foliage brings many tourists to
  region http//www.youtube.com/watch?vnhi-qkxIjF
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• Rocky Soil limits agriculture possibilities

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Economy of the North

• Resources
• Fruit (Cranberries, apples, blueberries, etc)
• Lumber/timber
• Maple Syrup
• Granite/Coal
• Steel/Iron Ore
• Mushrooms (Giorgio in Blandon!)
• Vegetables (Potatoes, Corn, etc)
• Fish/Seafood

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Economy of the North

• Industry
• Shortcomings in resources and agriculture so
  economy relies on industry!
• Factory machines were first used in in New
  England (US Industrial Revolution starts here)
• Textile factories were built all over the
  Northeast.
• People moved from rural farms to cities and towns
  to work in factories
• Also commercial fishing and commercial
  transportation (canals)

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Places of Interest

• The Northeast has less land than any other
  region, but about one in every six of the
  nations people lives there.
• Some of the largest cities include
• Boston
• New York City
• Philadelphia
• Pittsburgh
• Washington, D.C.
• Baltimore

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Places of InterestLandmarks

• Ivy League Universities (ex Harvard, Yale
  Princeton) http//videos.wisegeek.com/videos/51715
  3279.htm
• Historical sites Boston, Philadelphia,
  Gettysburg, Baltimore, Ellis Island/Statue of
  Liberty
• New York City
• Nations capital Washington, D.C.
• Ben and Jerrys, TASTYKAKE, Crayola.all produced
  in the Northeastern States!
• Quick Tour of New England Vacations and Getaways

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HistoryPeople/Culture

• Native Americans
• Pilgrims from England first settled in 1620, to
  form Plymouth Colony.
• Puritans settled north of Plymouth Colony in
  Boston, forming Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1639.
  
• Immigrants from many countries came through Ellis
  Island
• Four largest ancestries African American,
  Italian, Irish, and Puerto Rican.

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Culture of the Northeast

• The Boston area is regarded as the Irish capital
  of the United States.
• New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New
  Jersey have long been known for their large
  populations of Italian-Americans.
• The New York City Borough of Brooklyn
  historically is a major center of the
  Jewish-American population (the city as a whole
  contained over 50 percent of the entire country's
  Jewish population at the time)
• Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is the center of
  the area settled by the Amish (who are of Swiss
  German descent), but now a large, vibrant
  Hispanic population lives there as well.

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HistoryEvents

• English settlers in 1620 to 1675 to the
  Northeastern coast of North America
• New Netherlands (New York) 1613
• Plymouth, MA 1620
• Boston, MA 1630
• Providence, RI 1636
• Declaration of Independence Constitution
  written here (PA)
• American Revolution
• Civil War Battles
• September 11, 2001 (NYC, Washington D.C, PA)