NEW ENGLAND STATES

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NEW ENGLAND STATES

• Tricia Motz
• March 20, 2006

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INDIANA ACADEMIC STANDARD

• Standard 3 Geography
• 5.3.1 Demonstrate that lines of latitude and
  longitude are measured in degrees of a circle,
  that places can be precisely located where these
  lines intersect, and that location can be stated
  in terms of degrees north or south of the equator
  and east or west of the prime meridian.
• 5.3.2 Name and locate states, major cities, major
  regions, major rivers, and mountain ranges in the
  United States.

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United States of America
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Six States Make up New England

• Connecticut
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• Rhode Island
• Vermont
• Maine

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Connecticut

• Admission to Statehood January, 1788
• Location 41.765N, 072.683W
• State Capital Hartford
• State Nickname
• The Constitution State
• State Flower Mountain Laurel
• State Bird Mountain Laurel Robin

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Connecticut Fun Facts

• Connecticut is home to the first hamburger
  (1895), Polaroid camera (1934), helicopter
  (1939), and color television (1948).
• The first automobile law was passed by the state
  in 1901. The speed limit was set at 12 miles per
  hour.
• In Hartford, you may not, under any
  circumstances, cross the street walking on your
  hands!
• PEZ Candy is made in the city of Orange
• West Hartford is the birthplace of Noah Webster,
  the author of the first dictionary published in
  1807.

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Massachusetts

• Admission to Statehood February, 1788
• Location 42.336N, 071.017W
• State Capital Boston
• State Nickname
• The Bay State
• State Flower Mayflower
• State Bird Chickadee

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Massachusetts Fun Facts

• Boston built the first subway system in the
  United States in 1897.
• In Holyoke, William G. Morgan, created a new game
  called "Mintonette" in 1895. After a
  demonstration given at the YMCA in nearby
  Springfield, the name "Mintonette" was replaced
  with the now familiar name "Volleyball."
• 1891 The first basketball game was played in
  Springfield.
• Harvard was the first college established in
  North America in 1636. Because of Harvard's size,
  there is no universal mailing address that will
  work for every office at the University.
• Norfolk County is the birthplace of four US
  Presidents John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John
  F. Kennedy, and George H.W. Bush.

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New Hampshire

• Admission to Statehood June, 1788
• Location 43.231N, 071.560W
• State Capital Concord
• State Nickname
• The Granite State
• State Flower Purple Lilac
• State Bird Purple Finch

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New Hampshire Fun Facts

• Of the thirteen original colonies, New Hampshire
  was the first to declare its independence from
  Mother England -- a full six months before the
  Declaration of Independence was signed.
• In 1833 the first free public library in the
  United States was established in Peterborough.
• Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr., the first American to
  travel in space is from East Derry.
• The highest wind speed recorded at ground level
  is at Mt. Washington, on April 12, 1934. The
  winds were three times as fast as those in most
  hurricanes.
• The first potato planted in the United States was
  at Londonderry Common Field in 1719.

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Rhode Island

• Admission to Statehood 1790
• Location 41.821N, 071.419W
• State Capital Providence
• State Nickname
• The Ocean State
• State Flower Violet
• State Bird Rhode Island Red

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Rhode Island Fun Facts

• Rhode Island is the smallest state in the United
  States.
• The first circus in the United States was in
  Newport in 1774.
• The world's largest bug is on the roof of New
  England Pest Control in Providence. It's a big
  blue termite, 58 feet long and 928 times actual
  termite size.
• Rhode Island's official state name is Rhode
  Island and Providence Plantations.
• Portsmouth is home to the oldest schoolhouse in
  the United States. The school was built in 1716.

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Vermont

• Admission to Statehood 1791
• Location 44.266N, 072.571W
• State Capital Montpelier
• State Nickname
• The Green Mountain State
• State Flower Red Clover
• State Bird Hermit Thrush

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Vermont Fun Facts

• With a population of fewer than nine thousand
  people, Montpelier is the smallest state capital
  in the U.S.
• Until 1996, Vermont was the only state without a
  Wal-Mart.
• Ben Jerry's Ice Cream company gives their ice
  cream waste to the local Vermont farmers who use
  it to feed their hogs. The hogs seem to like all
  of the flavors, except Mint Oreo.
• In ratio of cows to people, Vermont has the
  greatest number of dairy cows in the country.
• Montpelier is the largest producer of maple syrup
  in the U.S.

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Maine

• Admission to Statehood 1820
• Location 44.330N, 069.729W
• State Capital Augusta
• State Nickname
• The Pine Tree State
• State Flower White Pine Cone Tassel
• State Bird Chickadee

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Maine Fun Facts

• Approximately 40 millions pounds (nearly 90
  percent) of the nation's lobster supply is caught
  off the coast of Maine.
• Maine produces 99 of all the blueberries in the
  country making it the single largest producer of
  blueberries in the United States.
• 90 of the country's toothpick supply is produced
  in Maine.
• Acadia National Park is the second most visited
  national park in the United States.
• With a total area of 33,215 square miles, Maine
  covers nearly as many square miles as the other
  five New England states combined.

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Website Resources

• http//www.50states.com/
• http//www.visitnewengland.com/
• http//www.ct.gov/
• http//www.mass.gov/
• http//www.nh.gov/
• http//www.ri.gov/
• http//www.vermont.gov/
• http//www.state.me.us/

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Review

• Name the six New England states and their
  capitals.
• Locate the six New England states on a United
  States map.
• Review using Longitude and Latitude when locating
  the six states. Which Number is listed first?
  What does that number tell you?