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  2. Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of ...
  3. The 1981 book The Nine Nations of North America by Washington Post reporter Joel Garreau was an attempt to explore the regional geography of the North American continent and assign portions of the continent to one of ... Pennsylvania, and the Great Lakes Region. ... Garreau proposed that the Southwestern United States (including California's ...
  4. The Pacific Northwest region of the U.S. USDA States: Oregon; Washington; Idaho; Canadian province of British Columbia; Often recognized for the cities of Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver, the Pacific Northwest extends inland from the Pacific Coast to the eastern Rocky Mountains.The Cascade Mountain Range divides the region into two climate regimes -- one coastal and one continental.
  5. The temperature was -80 degrees (-62°C). The coldest temperature in the contiguous 48 states was at Rogers Pass, Montana on January 20, 1954. The temperature there was -70 degrees (-56°C). The hottest temperature recorded in the United States (and in North America) was in Death Valley, California on July 10, 1913. The temperature that day ...
  6. MPI / Stringer / Getty Images. The city of Jamestown is the second-oldest city in the U.S. and the site of the first permanent English colony in North America. It was founded on April 26, 1607, and briefly called James Fort after the English king. The settlement foundered in its first years and was briefly abandoned in 1610.
  7. The Pacific Northwest is the region of the western United States located adjacent to the Pacific Ocean. It runs north to south from British Columbia, Canada, to Oregon. Idaho, parts of Montana, northern California, and southeastern Alaska are also listed as parts of the Pacific Northwest in some accounts.
  8. B.A., Geography, University of California - Davis; ... North America is a continent that includes Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America and the islands of the Caribbean Sea. In general, it is defined as any country to the north of (and including) Panama. ... In some uses of 'North America', Central America and the Caribbean are ...
  9. California offers a lifetime's worth of geologic sights and localities; the Sierra Nevada and San Andreas fault are the barest beginning. ... Geologic Maps of the 50 United States Courtesy North Carolina Geological Survey. ... and rich coal beds occur in western Pennsylvania. The American petroleum industry began in western Pennsylvania, where ...
  10. Regional geographers study this zone as well as the distinct characteristics of Sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa. History and Development of Regional Geography Although people had been studying specific regions for decades, regional geography as a branch in geography has its roots in Europe, specifically with the French and geographer Paul ...
  11. In 1846, the Mexican-American War broke out and following the end of the war, Alta California became a U.S. territory. By the 1850s, California had a large population as a result of the Gold Rush and on September 9, 1850, California was admitted into the United States. Today, California is the most populous state in the U.S.
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