united states regions the northeast north carolina geographic alliance powerpoint presentations 2007
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United States RegionsThe Northeast
North Carolina Geographic Alliance
PowerPoint Presentations 2007
New England States
• Maine
• Vermont
• New Hampshire
• Massachusetts
• Connecticut
• Rhode Island
Mid-Atlantic States
• New York
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• Delaware
• Maryland
The Northeast
Major Land Areas
•Appalachian Mountains
•Atlantic Coastal Plain
•Great Lakes Plain
Bodies of Water
•Atlantic Ocean
•Long Island Sound
•Delaware Bay
•Chesapeake Bay
•Lake Ontario
•Lake Erie
Major Rivers
•Connecticut River
•Hudson River
•Delaware River
•Susquehanna River
•Potomac River
•St. Lawrence River
•Allegheny River
•Monongahela River
•Ohio River
Megalopolis
State Populations
Vermont 608,827
Delaware 783,600
Rhode Island 1,048,319
New Hampshire 1,235,786
Maine 1,274,923
Connecticut 3,405,565
Maryland 5,296,486
Massachusetts 6,349,087
New Jersey 8,414,350
Pennsylvania 12,281,054
New York 18,976,457
Population: Immigration
Settlement of the Region• 1620 – Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts -
English• 1624 – New Amsterdam - Dutch colony – taken
over by England in 1664 – New York• 1631 - Swanendael, Dutch settlement in
Delaware• 1632 - George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore,
induced King Charles I of England to grant him the land north of the Potomac River, which had been part of the grant to Virginia colony. The colony would welcome Roman Catholics who were persecuted in England.
Settlement of the Region
• 1636 – Roger Williams left Massachusetts and became the first European to establish an independent, permanent settlement in the Rhode Island region, based on complete religious freedom
• 1638 – Fort Christina, New Sweden – settlement at Wilmington, Delaware
• 1639 - the colony of Connecticut was formed, and the colonists formally adopted a basic set of laws known as the Fundamental Orders, said to be the first written constitution.
Settlement of the Region
• 1664 - The British captured New Netherland, renaming the entire region New York. From this area the colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware were later formed.
• 1681 – William Penn, a Quaker, was granted a charter by England's Charles II for the colony of Pennsylvania.
The Mason-Dixon Line
The Mason-Dixon LinePopular name for the boundary line between Maryland and Pennsylvania. It is so called because it was surveyed (1763-67) by two British astronomers, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. This survey was undertaken in order to settle a dispute between the Calvert family, proprietors of Maryland, and the Penn family, proprietors of Pennsylvania; the dispute had lasted since the English colonizer William Penn was granted Pennsylvania in 1681. The line was drawn to a point about 393 km (about 244 mi) west of the Delaware River. Further work was done in 1773 and 1779.
The Mason-Dixon Line
The term Mason-Dixon Line was popularly used to designate the line that divided the so-called free states from the slave states during the debates in Congress over the Missouri Compromise in 1820. This legislation forbade slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30', except in Missouri. The term Mason-Dixon Line is still sometimes used to mean the boundary between the North and the South.
Who Am I?
See if you can identify these famous people from the Northeast region of the United States.
Who Am I?I was born on February
11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio, but my working years were spent in New Jersey.
During my career I patented more than 1,000 inventions, including the electric light, the phonograph, and the motion-picture camera. These three inventions gave rise to giant industries—electric utilities, phonograph and record companies, and the film industry.
Thomas Alva Edison
Who Am I?
I was born on, August 1, 1779 in Frederick County, Maryland.
I was an attorney and poet. I am best known for having written the verse, "The Star-Spangled Banner," which became the national anthem of the United States.
Francis Scott Key
Who Am I?I was born October 16,
1758, in West Hartford, Connecticut, and educated at Yale University. I served in the American Revolution, studied law, and taught school.
I devoted myself largely to the study of language. A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language (1806) and An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828), established my reputation as a lexicographer.
Noah Webster
Who Am I?I was born October 27,
1858, in New York City. As twenty-sixth U.S. president I greatly expanded the power of the presidency. I especially enlarged the United States role in the Far East and Latin America. At home I increased regulation of business, encouraged the labor movement, and waged a long, dramatic battle for conservation of national resources.
Theodore Roosevelt
Who Am I?
I was born in New York City in 1783.
I was the first American author to achieve international renown. I created the fictional characters Rip Van Winkle and Ichabod Crane, and wrote short stories set in the Hudson Valley region of New York. Washington Irving
Who Am I?I was born in Boston, on
January 1, 1735. I was a designer and
maker of elegant silverware and pewter tankards, bowls, and pitchers. My tea sets served the Boston aristocracy for a century. I also made artificial teeth and surgical instruments.
I am best known for my historic midnight ride of April 18, 1775, to warn of the approach of British troops.
Paul Revere
Who Am I?I was born on October 30,
1735, in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts.
I was the second president of the United States (1797-1801). In the years before the American Revolution (1775-1783) I joined with other patriots in resisting British rule. When the revolution began, I was among the first to propose American independence and persuaded the Second Continental Congress to adopt the Declaration of Independence.
John Adams
Who Am I?I was born in Paris,
France in 1771 and came to America in 1799.
By 1802 I established a powder works at a site along Brandywine Creek near Wilmington, Delaware, and with machinery imported from France, I began selling gunpowder. I founded what was to become one of the world's largest business empires.
E. I. du Pont
Who Am I?I was born on January 21,
1738, in Litchfield, Connecticut. In 1769 I moved to the region known as the New Hampshire Grants, comprising present-day Vermont.
I organized a volunteer militia, called the Green Mountain Boys, and captured Fort Ticonderoga early in the morning of May 10, 1775.
Today, a furniture company bears my name.
Ethan Allen
Who Am I?I was born in Westboro,
Massachusetts, on December 8, 1765, and educated at Yale.
I designed and built the first cotton gin in 1793. This invention had a great impact on the development of the southern United States. With the gin, cotton could be cleaned so efficiently that it became the most important crop in the South and the basis of the region's profitable agricultural economy.
Eli Whitney
Who Am I?I was born in 1993 in New
York City.From 1923 until 1939 I
played first base for the New York Yankees of the American League. I was called Iron Horse because I established a record for the number of consecutive games played by a professional baseball player, appearing in 2,130 games in succession.
I was forced out of baseball by the incurable disease ALS.
Henry Louis Gehrig
Who Am I?I was born Chadds Ford,
Pennsylvania in 1917.The son of a famous
artist, I also painted, becoming known for my interpretations of the people and the austere rural landscapes of Pennsylvania and Maine. Andrew Wyeth
Who Am I?I was born on November
14, 1765, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
I was an American inventor and engineer. On August 18, 1807, my 150-ft steamboat, the Clermont, made its famous successful run of 150 mi from New York City to Albany in 32 hours, or about 4.7 mph—thus inaugurating a new era of power-driven navigation.
Robert Fulton
Who Am I?
I was born on January 30, 1882 at Hyde Park, in Dutchess County, New York.
As 32nd president of the United States (1933-1945). I served longer than any other president. I led the country out of The Great Depression and during almost all of World War II.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The State Quarters
State License Plates
State License Plates
Five Boroughs:ManhattanBronxBrooklynQueensStaten Island
New York City
Pennsylvania
Delaware Water Gap
Cheese steak sandwich
Pennsylvania
Maine
Acadia NP
Vermont & New Hampshire
AT - NH
Squam Lake
Vermont & New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Harvard Yard
Massachusetts
Connecticut & Rhode Island
Twain Home
Hartford
Providence
Can you identify this peninsula?
Two bays:Delaware BayChesapeake Bay
Delaware
Delmarva Peninsula
Delaware & MarylandFt. McHenry
Wilmington, DE
