Vermont is a state in the New England region of the United States. For some 12,000 years, indigenous peoples inhabited this area. The historically competitive tribes of the Algonquian-speaking Abenaki and Iroquoian-speaking Mohawk were active in the area at the time of European encounter. During the 17th century, French colonists…
View More United States of America: VermontUtah is a state in the Mountain West sub-region of the Western United States. The territory of modern Utah has been inhabited by various indigenous groups for thousands of years, including the ancient Puebloans, the Navajo and the Ute. The Spanish were the first Europeans to arrive in the mid-16th…
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South Dakota is a U.S. state in the upper Midwestern United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large portion of the population and historically dominated the territory. As the southern part of the former Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a…
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South Carolina is a state in the South eastern region of the United States. South Carolina was named in honor of King Charles I of England, who first formed the English colony, with Carolus being Latin for “Charles”. South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on May…
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Rhode Island, officially the State of Rhode Island, is a state in the New England region of the United States. The state takes its name from Rhode Island; however, most of the state is on the mainland. On May 4, 1776, the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was…
View More United States of America: Rhode IslandOregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Oregon has been home to many indigenous nations for thousands of years. The first European traders, explorers, and settlers began exploring what is now Oregon’s Pacific coast in the early-mid 1500s. As early as 1565, the…
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North Dakota is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large portion of the population and historically dominated the territory.. North Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889, along with its…
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North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It was established as a royal colony in 1729 and is one of the original Thirteen Colonies. North Carolina is named in honor of King Charles I of England who first formed the English colony, Carolus being…
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New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the United States. In January 1776, it became the first of the British North American colonies to establish a government independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain’s authority; it was the first to establish its own state constitution. Six…
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Nevada is a state in the Western region of the United States. Nevada is officially known as the “Silver State” because of the importance of silver to its history and economy. It is also known as the “Battle Born State” because it achieved statehood during the American Civil War (the…
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