California is a state in the Western United States. What is now California was first settled by various Native Californian tribes before being explored by a number of Europeans during the 16th and 17th centuries. The Spanish Empire then claimed and colonized it. In 1804, it was included in Alta…
View More United States of America: CaliforniaPennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, and Appalachian regions of the United States. The state is one of the 13 original founding states of the United States; it came into being in 1681 as a result of a royal land grant to William…
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Nebraska is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Nebraska was admitted into the United States in 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War. The Nebraska Legislature is unlike any other American legislature in that it is unicameral, and its members are elected…
View More United States of America: NebraskaOklahoma is a state in the South Central region of the United States. The state’s name is derived from the Choctaw words okla and humma, meaning “honored people”. Although “humma” can be defined as “red”, Cyrus Byington stressed that the word is usually applied as an honorific that denotes courage…
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Minnesota is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. It is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”. Its official motto is L’Étoile du Nord, French for “The Star of the North”. Minnesota has been inhabited by various indigenous peoples since the Woodland period of the 11th century BCE.…
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Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and upper Midwestern United States. Its name comes from the Ojibwe word meaning “large water” or “large lake”. The area was first occupied by a succession of Native American tribes over thousands of years. Inhabited by Natives, Métis, and French explorers in…
View More United States of America: MichiganWisconsin is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin’s geography is diverse, having been greatly impacted by glaciers during the Ice Age with the exception of the Driftless Area. At the time of European contact, the area that is now Wisconsin was inhabited by Algonquian and Siouan nations.…
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Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is rooted in the Watauga Association, a 1772 frontier pact generally regarded as the first constitutional government west of the Appalachian Mountains. The state’s name is derived from “Tanasi”, a Cherokee town…
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Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Originally home to many native tribes, present-day Alabama was a Spanish territory beginning in the sixteenth century until the French acquired it in the early eighteenth century, founding Mobile in 1702. The British won the territory in 1763 until…
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Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. On December 10, 1817, Mississippi became the 20th state admitted to the Union. By 1860, Mississippi was the nation’s top cotton-producing state and slaves accounted for 55% of the state population. Mississippi declared its secession from the Union on…
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