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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Montana is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. The name Montana comes from the Spanish word montaña, which in turn comes from the Latin word montanea, meaning “mountain” or more broadly “mountainous country”. Various indigenous peoples lived in the territory of the present-day state of…
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Maine is a state in the New England region of the United States. For thousands of years after the glaciers retreated during the last Ice Age, indigenous peoples were the only inhabitants of the territory that is now Maine. At the time of European arrival, several Algonquian-speaking peoples inhabited the…
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Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States. The area’s history begins with several indigenous groups, including the Powhatan. In 1607 the London Company established the Colony of Virginia as the first permanent English colony in the New World.…
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Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Among its occasional nicknames are Old Line State, the Free State, and the Chesapeake Bay State. It is named after the English Queen Henrietta Maria, known in England as Queen Mary, who was the wife of King Charles…
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Louisiana is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. Before the American purchase of the territory in 1803, the present-day State of Louisiana had been both a French colony and for a brief period a Spanish one. In addition, colonists imported numerous African…
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Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Upland South region of the United States. It is known as the “Bluegrass State”, a nickname based on Kentucky bluegrass, a species of grass found in many of its pastures, which has supported the thoroughbred horse industry in the…
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