NORTHEAST USA New England Mid-Atlantic
New England Northern states – VT, NH, ME Southern states – MA, CT, RI – More ______________than the northern states – Landscape – Weather – Harbors – Settlement
N. England’s Historical Development Pilgrims – Mayflower ship … – 1 st Thanksgiving – Plimouth Plantation today… P
Plimouth Plantation
N. England’s History – 1700s-1800s Boston – Forests … – Rich … – Nantucket Island
N. England’s Early Industrialization Textile mills – Used … – Located near … – 1 st mill in US …. Photo from wikipedia.com
N. England’s Textile Mills Manchester, NH Lowell, MA Textile mills now?
N. England’s Industrial Labor Force Children Young women Immigrants
Massachusetts Soils – Influenced other economic activities Sandy coast south of Boston Cape Cod
W. Massachusetts Berkshire Mtns. Photo from unistresscorp.com
Founded 1630 … “Boston Common” Boston
Key colonial city Revolutionary War – Paul Revere’s Ride – Battle of Bunker Hill – “Freedom Trail”
Boston’s Economy Finance Education High-Tech Tourism
Vermont “Green Mountain State” Limited flat land – Forests – Dairy Farming Tourism
Vermont Small pop… – Rural Population – Burlington… – Montpelier…
New Hampshire “Granite State” Mostly forested
New Hampshire Flat, coastal in SE VT – Manchester… – Concord… Presidential primaries Dartmouth College
Maine “Pine Tree State” Forests “Empty Quarter”
Maine Rugged Coastline & Islands Acadia Nat’l Park
Maine Fishing Portland Augusta
Connecticut Connecticut River Hartford SW CT – Stamford ______University Y
Rhode Island Named by … – “Roodt Eylandt” Providence
Rhode Island Newport
Mid-Atlantic States New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Maryland Delaware
New York New York City (+ Long Island) Upstate New York…
New York Adirondack Mtns. (5000+’) – Summer/Winter … – Source of … Catskill Mtns. – “Rip Van Winkle”…
Niagara Falls US/Can border Top natural attraction… Niagara River, between …
Niagara Falls Erosion…
Erie Canal Buffalo (Lake Erie) Albany (NY Capital, on Hudson River) Great Lakes to …
New York City Largest City… – Ethnicities Current immigration from:
New York 5 Boroughs – Staten Island – Brooklyn – Queens – Bronx – Manhattan***
New York City Center for Finance: – Wall Street
World Trade Center (Twin Towers) Destroyed
New World Trade Center 7 New Buildings
New York City Center for:
New Jersey Location… Many commuters… Newark – largest city… Trenton ____________University
NJ - “The Garden State”
Atlantic City, NJ Beach resort Boardwalk 1960s decline… 1970s revival…
Pennsylvania Founded as a … – Quakers… Recruited __________settlers – Lancaster County – “Pennsylvania Dutch” – Amish & Mennonites
Amish
Philadelphia, PA Significant – Declaration of Independence… – 1 st …
Pittsburgh, PA At confluence
Pittsburgh, PA Steel industry … Coal mines Decline
Pittsburgh, PA Urban renewal Manufacturing Service Industries – Pollution – #1 city in USA (Places Rated Almanac, 2007)
Gettysburg, PA Major ____________ battle
Delaware Part of Delmarva Peninsula – Named for … _________colony in 1630s Wilmington – DuPont Chemicals W
Maryland Chesapeake Bay Annapolis BAYBAY
Baltimore, MD Baltimore BAYBAY