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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. 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.
  6. 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 ...
  7. 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 ...
  8. The history of the 13 American colonies that would become the first 13 states of the United States dates to 1492 when Christopher Columbus discovered what he thought was a New World, but was really North America, ... Pennsylvania, and Delaware offered fertile farmland and natural harbors. Farmers grew grain and raised livestock. The Middle ...
  9. 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 ...
  10. 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.
  11. Aug 28, 2024The European continent and its local region contain 48 countries and stretches from North America and back to North America as it encompasses Iceland and all of Russia. As of 2018, data shows that about three-quarters of its population lives in urban areas. ... Economic powerhouse North America includes only three countries but it takes up most ...
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