Thread:Incanomad/@comment-15453672-20130923153053

Connecticut:  5th to become a state 1788; settled by Puritans from Massachusetts; state laws were model for US Constitution; nickname is Constitution State

Delaware : 1st state 12-7-1787; Delaware's Blue Hen army (named for their leader's pet fighting Blue Hen rooster) turned away advancing British in initial skirmish with great speed and bravery; the 13-star flag was flown in battle here first

Georgia : Last colony settled but was 4th to ratify Constitution and become state; named after King George II

Maryland : Named for Queen Henrietta Maria of England; Known for its valiant army; statehood 4-28-1788; part of state became Washington D C

Massachusetts :  Plymouth Rock <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ES-GT"> home; became a state 2-6-1788; once had a carved wooden codfish on the wall of the State House because codfish were a big state industry

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">New Hampshire <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">: named for Hampshire County in England; became state 6-21-1788; was heavily explored by both French and English

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">New Jersey <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">: Land was given to the Governor of the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel for this colony; it would be the site of over 100 battles and skirmishes before the Revolution ended

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">New York <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">: Named for the Duke of York (brother of King Charles II); statehood 7-26-1788; US Congress met here after Revolution

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">North Carolina <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">: Home of  <span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">Roanoke Island's Lost Colony <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">; first child born in America was John White's granddaughter Virginia on 8-18-1587; statehood 11-21-1789

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">Pennsylvania <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">: means Penn's Woods, named for William Penn; nickname Keystone State because it is the center of the arch of thirteen colonies; 2nd state 12-12-1787; settled by various religious groups who greatly enhanced colonial life with inventions such as the  <span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">Conestoga wagon <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">Rhode Island <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">: smallest colony and state; not an island, was maybe named for Isle of Rhodes in Aegean Sea; 1st declare independence from England but last of thirteen to become a state because of concerns over being fairly represented in spite of size

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">South Carolina <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">: once part of "Carolana" with NC; nickname Palmetto State because fortress of palms kept British warship away from Charleston harbor in 1776 battle; statehood 5-23-1778

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">Virginia <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">: home to four of the first five US presidents, and eventually home to four more; site of 1st permanent settlement in  <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:ES-GT">Jamestown 1607

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