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• Built in 1808

• Glaciers carved deep grooves in the coastline- this made harbors

• First place in the US to get sun.

• The Indians called it “Living in the Sunrise”

THE NORTHEAST COAST- WEST QUODDY HEAD, MAINE

• Has severe weather• Record for wind

speed 231 mph• Highest peak (6,288

ft) in NE-see 100 miles

• Mt. Washington Cog Railway- 2nd steepest train in the world- gives rides to the top

MT. WASHINGTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE

• Pilgrims landed in 1620 in MA

• 102 passengers (half were pilgrims/ strangers)

• Took a ship called the Mayflower

• Pilgrims made a set of rules called the Mayflower Compact- gave all men a vote (1st form of democracy)

• A storm blew them off-course (heading for VA)

• Pilgrims wanted religious freedom

PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS

• 1775- US Colonies no longer wanted British rule

• Boston Common is the oldest public park in US

• You can walk on the Black Heritage Trail and the Freedom Trail

• Revolutionary War began-fighting lasted for 6 years

• Has the oldest African American church building in the US

BOSTON AND THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

• 340 mile man-made ditch connecting Great Lakes to Hudson River

• Built 83 locks to go up/down mts.

• Fast, cheap way to move things/people

• Opened in 1825 (Took about 8 years)

• Helped make NYC the US’s busiest seaport.

• Cost went down 90%

ERIE CANAL- HUDSON RIVER TO THE GREAT LAKES

• 8,000,000 people live in NYC (biggest US city)

• No room to build out, so they built up

• NYC is a city of immigrants

• Empire State Building is 102 stories

• Dutch were the first Europeans to settle

• ESB- 1,860 stairs

NEW YORK CITY- AMERICA’S LARGEST CITY

• Hershey Chocolate factory• 1st Mass-Production candy

bar was produced –water power/people power

• First MPC? Hershey Chocolate bar!

• Milton Hershey was the founder

• More than 100 years ago he started it!

• Candy is produced by machines, in the past it was made by hand

• Street lamps look like Kisses

• Biggest chocolate factory in the world!

HERSHEY, PA- LARGEST CHOCOLATE FACTORY

• July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence was signed- freedom from England

• 1787- Founding Fathers created the Constitution

• Birthplace of our country!

INDEPENDENCE HALL- PHILADELPHIA, PA

• 3 Branches of govt.• Executive (President)

Carries out the law• Legislative (Congress)

Make the laws• Judicial (Judges) Make

sure laws are fair• Our nation’s capital• President lives here• Democracy- the

people rule• Laws are made here!

WASHINGTON, D.C.- OUR NATION’S CAPITAL

• Supreme Court- home of the Judicial Branch

• Capital Building- home of the legislative

• White House- home of the president

GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS OF THE USA

• We make them to remember important people and the past!

• Lincoln Memorial• Washington

Monument• Jefferson

Memorial• National Archives

OUR NATIONAL MONUMENTS

Why is the NE considered the birthplace of our country?

Why did the first factories start in the NE?

What are some important cities in the NE?

1. This is where the Declaration of Independence, the Revolutionary War happened. It’s where our country started!

2. Water and people power!

3. Boston, Washington, D.C., NYC, Baltimore, Philly, Buffalo, Albany, Plymouth

3 QUESTIONS