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- Arkansas (11679 bytes)
42: ...[[Quapaw]] people and the river along which they settled. Other [[Native American]] nations living in ...
68: ...ri]], its eastern border with [[Tennessee]] and [[Mississippi]], and its western border with [[Texas]] and [[Ok...
70: ...ppi. The Grand Prairie is slightly away from the Mississippi river in the southeast portion of the state and c...
71: [[Image:PetitJean.jpg|right|thumb|260px|''Petit Jean State Park'', one of many attractions that...
112: ... food processing, electric equipment, fabricated metal products, machinery, paper products, bromine, a... - Georgia (U.S. state) (26579 bytes)
48: ...xplorer)|Hernando de Soto]] in [[1540]], had completely disappeared by [[1560]].
50: ...olina]] colony in present-day [[South Carolina]] met the Spanish moving north from their base in Flori...
52: ...rison]]. On [[February 12]], [[1733]], the first settlers landed in the ''[[HMS Anne]]'' at what was t...
58: ...rgia General Assembly|state's legislature]] also met at other temporary sites, including [[Macon, Geor...
64: ...cutive officials who comprise the governor's cabinet are elected by the citizens of Georgia, rather th... - Hawaii (34434 bytes)
39: ...lows, most notably from [[Kilauea|Kīlauea]]. Ethnically, it is the only state that does not have ...
46: ...ehameha III meaning, "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness." It was also the motto of...
51: Nineteen islands and atolls extending across a distance...
56: ...ount Waialeale|Mount Waiʻaleʻale]] the wettest place on earth; it averages 11.7 m (460 in) o...
64: .... Local chiefs called [[alii|alii]] ruled their settlements and fought to extend their sway and defen... - List of U.S. state mammals (3603 bytes)
2: ...States also have separate [[state bird]]s, and sometimes [[state fish]] or [[state butterfly|state but...
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42: | [[Massachusetts]] || || [[Right whale]] || || [[Morgan horse...
46: | [[Mississippi]] || [[Red fox]] <BR /> [[White-tailed deer]] ... - Iowa (24205 bytes)
45: ...nch explorers [[Louis Joliet]] and [[Jacques Marquette]] are believed to be the first Europeans to vis...
47: *The first white settlers officially moved to Iowa in June [[1833]]. ...
49: ...nus for the [[Union Pacific]] railroad. The completion of five major railroads across Iowa brough maj...
56: *Iowa is also a major producer of [[ethanol]].
65: The [[Mississippi River]] forms the eastern boundary of the state. ... - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
12: Governor = [[Ernie Fletcher]] |
38: ...husiasm for [[basketball]] (The two principal basketball rivals in the state are the [[University of K...
41: ...tution Square in [[Danville, Kentucky|Danville]] between [[1784]] and [[1792]]. In [[1790]], Kentucky...
48: ...entucky|Frankfort]] and its governor is [[Ernie Fletcher]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|Republi...
57: ... of the [[Ohio River]]. Its western border is the Mississippi River. Other major rivers in Kentucky include th... - Louisiana (26375 bytes)
45: ...th by [[Arkansas]], to the east by the state of [[Mississippi]], and to the south by the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. Am...
52: ...siana in the parishes of Vermilion, Cameron, Lafayette, Acadia, Jefferson Davis, and Calcasieu.
56: ...ons of Avoyelles and Concordia parishes along the Mississippi River were home to the '''[[Avoyel]]''', part of ...
60: ...ce|Louis XIV]] in [[1682]]. The first permanent settlement was founded by [[Pierre Le Moyne d'Ibervil...
62: ...ar north as [[Peoria, Illinois]] and a number of settlements in the area around near present-day [[Sai... - Maine (17312 bytes)
38: ...ting both states into the union kept the balance between [[slave]] and free states. Maine's original c...
53: ...lude [[James Blaine]], [[Edmund Muskie]], [[Margaret Chase Smith]], [[William Cohen]], [[George J. Mit...
72: ...s the most sparsely populated state east of the [[Mississippi River]], owing in part to its huge relative size&...
74: ...to the sea has been aptly summed up by American poetess [[Edna St. Vincent Millay]] of Rockland and Ca...
81: ... the case of Maine there has been a partially offsetting rise in land also, due to the melting of heav... - Maryland (22654 bytes)
41: ...]]. The new colony was named in honour of [[Henrietta Maria]], Queen Consort of Charles I.
43: ... as it was [[Christianity|Christian]]), and is sometimes seen as a precursor to the [[First Amendment]...
45: ...Mason-Dixon line]] which would form the boundary between their two colonies.
47: ... revolted against the proprietary government and set up a new government that outlawed both Catholicis...
55: ...ion]]. A [[constitutional convention (political meeting)|constitutional convention]] was held during 1... - Missouri (16086 bytes)
1: ...bia, Missouri|Columbia]]. The [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] and [[Missouri River|Missouri]] rivers are the ...
10: ..."Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto"'' ([[Latin]]: ''"Let the Welfare of the People be the Supreme Law"'', ...
12: ...ty]] (largest [[United_States_metropolitan_areas|metropolitan area]] is [[Saint Louis, Missouri|Saint ...
32: HighestElev = 1772 feet; 540 |
33: MeanElev = 800 feet; 240 | - Wisconsin (18812 bytes)
40: Although the exact etymology of the name is uncertain, "Wisconsin" is t...
47: In [[1634]], Frenchman [[Jean Nicolet]] became Wisconsin's first European explorer. The...
51: ... to its residents being relatively equally split between voting for the [[United States Democratic Par...
53: ...Indian treaties opened up southwest Wisconsin to settlement, thousands of miners—many of them im...
61: ...y of Wisconsin]]), although a common nickname (sometimes used pejoratively) among non-residents is "[[... - Texas (39610 bytes)
41: * [[state flower]] — the [[bluebonnet]] (''Lupinus texensis'')
52: ...ith an area of [[1 E11 m?|690,000]] [[square kilometre|km<sup>2</sup>]], Texas forms the second-larges...
55: ...[Oklahoma]] on the north (across the [[Red River (Mississippi watershed)|Red River]]), and [[Louisiana]] (acros...
70: ...ckapoo]] Traditional Tribe of Texas, and the [[Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo]] of Texas. For more information...
74: ...lony of [[New Spain]]; see [[Spanish Texas]] for details. - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
11: ... = [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] (largest [[metropolitan area]] is Nashville) |
39: ...velling inland from [[South Carolina]]. European settlers later encountered a [[Cherokee]] town named ...
41: ...people)|Creek]] word. It has been said to mean "meeting place", "winding river", or "river of the grea...
43: ... (political meeting)|constitutional convention]] met in [[1796]] to organize a new state out of the [[...
46: ...haic]], [[Woodland]], and [[Mississippian_culture|Mississippian]] whose chiefdoms were the cultural predecessor... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
38: ...ty Bell]], [[Independence Hall]], and a thriving metropolitan area, and [[Pittsburgh]], a busy inland ...
42: ...ler numbers extending northeast to the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton area and up the Susquehanna River va...
53: ...by [[Sweden]], but control later passed to the [[Netherlands]], and then to [[England]] (later [[Great...
57: ... Montgomery, Chester, and Delaware Counties, was settled by [[Wales|Welsh]] [[Quaker]]s and called the...
59: ...ns of Pennsylvania were among disputed territory between the colonial [[United Kingdom|British]] and [... - Oregon (26551 bytes)
36: ... Range]] - form the two boundaries of the [[Willamette Valley]], one of the most fertile and agricultu...
49: ...iver. Fort Astoria was the first permanent white settlement in Oregon. In the [[War of 1812]], the [[B...
53: ... United States and [[British North America]] was set at the [[49th parallel]]. The [[Oregon Territory]...
55: Settlement increased due to the [[Donation Land Claim...
57: In the [[1880s]], railroads enabled marketing of the state's [[lumber]] and [[wheat]], as we... - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
42: ...f the Texas border delineated by the [[Red River (Mississippi watershed)|Red River]]), and on the east by [[Mis...
56: ...ntry (Northeastern Oklahoma, including the Tulsa Metropolitan area), Kiamichi Country (Southeastern Ok...
115: ...s part of the vast territorial swapping going on between [[European]] powers [[France]] and [[Spain]].
126: The five civilized tribes set up towns such as [[Tulsa, Oklahoma|Tulsa]], [[Tah...
128: ...an Civil War]] many tribes were internally split between [[Confederate States of America|Confederates]... - Minnesota (26682 bytes)
39: ...s the [[Upper Midwest]]. The most significant [[metropolitan area]] is known as the [[Minneapolis-St....
49: ...vities, which changed over time as [[Europe]]ans settled in the area and further exploited the state's...
51: ...e confluence of the [[Minnesota River]] and the [[Mississippi River]], was one of the earliest U.S. military pr...
59: ...xploration and settlement was by the French, and settlement from Scandinavian countries along with [[G...
61: ...]]ns, [[Middle East]]erners, and the former [[Soviet bloc]] all being well-represented. Some [[China|... - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
2: ...Image:us flag large Betsy Ross.png|right|thumb|[[Betsy Ross]] purportedly sewed the first [[Flag of th...
14: ...Province of Massachusetts Bay]], later [[Massachusetts]] and [[Maine]]
40: ... map and [[Spain]] ruled the orange west of the [[Mississippi river]]. The red area is the area of the 13 colo...
58: ...tch colony as of 1776; [[British Honduras]], had settlements, but "unofficial" until at least a couple... - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ...onflict ([[1754]]-[[1763]]) in [[North America]] between [[Great Britain]] and [[France]], which was o...
9: ...omewhat confusingly, [[French and Indian Wars]]) between the British, the French, and their Indian all...
19: ...linois Country]] in the [[Ohio River|Ohio]] and [[Mississippi River]] valleys. - Seven Years' War (11256 bytes)
1: ... while a force from the [[neutrality|neutral]] [[Netherlands]] was attacked in [[India]].
5: ...rmed the [[2nd Carnatic War]] while the fighting between Prussia and Austria is called the [[Silesian ...
14: ...r war was formed by the heated colonial struggle between [[British Empire|Great Britain]] and [[French...
18: ...ons of the [[coalition]] opposing him, Frederick determined to strike first. On [[August 29]], his wel...
28: ...ans at the [[Battle of Leuthen]]. With these complete victories at hand, Frederick had once again esta...
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