Transcript Northeastern United States - Fleetwood Area School District

The United States:
Location, Size, and Regions
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Postal Abbreviations
State Capitals
ME
Augusta
NH
Concord
VT
Montpelier
MA
Boston
RI
Providence
CT
Hartford
NY
Albany
NJ
Trenton
PA
Harrisburg
DE
Dover
MD
Annapolis
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
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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
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Pennsylvania.
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 transportation:
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Delaware River and Potomac River
Climate/Weather
• Often have warm/humid summers and bitterly
cold, snowy winters
– Nor’easters
• 4 main seasons each year: winter, spring,
summer, fall
• Colorful Fall Foliage brings many tourists to
region http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhi-qkxIjFs&safe=active
• 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
nation’s 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 Interest
Landmarks
• Ivy League Universities (ex: Harvard, Yale &
Princeton) http://videos.wisegeek.com/videos/517153279.htm
• Historical sites: Boston, Philadelphia, Gettysburg,
Baltimore, Ellis Island/Statue of Liberty
• New York City
• Nation’s capital: Washington, D.C.
• Ben and Jerry’s, TASTYKAKE, Crayola….all produced
in the Northeastern States!
Quick Tour of New England Vacations and Getaways
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History
People/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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History
Events
• English settlers in 1620 to 1675 to the Northeastern
coast of North America
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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)
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