United States Regions
The Northeast
North Carolina Geographic
Alliance
PowerPoint Presentations 2007
The Northeast
New England States
• Maine
• Vermont
• New Hampshire
• Massachusetts
• Connecticut
• Rhode Island
Mid-Atlantic States
• New York
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• Delaware
• Maryland
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 Line
Popular 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
Thomas Alva Edison
rise to giant industries—
electric utilities, phonograph
and record companies, and the
film industry.
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,
Henry Louis Gehrig
appearing in 2,130 games in
succession.
I was forced out of
baseball by the incurable
disease ALS.
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
Franklin D. Roosevelt
during almost all of World War
II.
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Can you identify this peninsula?
Delmarva Peninsula
Two bays:
Delaware Bay
Chesapeake Bay
Delaware
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Wilmington, DE
New Jersey
Most Urbanized State