Brief presentation on the US eastern states.

1. Taking a walk along the
US eastern coast

2. The US eastern
coast
From …………, in the
very north, to …….., in
the south, the Atlantic
ocean is down there!

3. From Maine…
to Florida

4. Where are we?
Find the state

5. What were the
original 13 eastern
colonies that became
the first US states?
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7. What about the
eastern states known
as New England?

9. The people who settled the
New England Colonies were
called …


10. Pilgrims

11. Pilgrims celebrate
Thanksgiving,
Why?

12. In the United States, the
Thanksgiving holiday tradition
traces its origins to 1621 and
was prompted by the colonists'
leaders on the anniversary of
the settlement.
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13. 1.This is …

14. Boston, Massachussets
Boston is regarded as the
unofficial "Capital of New
England" for its economic
and cultural impact on the
entire New England region.

16. Trimountaine was the original
name given by European settlers
to the peninsula that would later be
incorporated as the city of Boston.
The American Revolution erupted
there!

17. 2. And this is …

19. Bar Harbor, Maine
Although Maine is not considered
to be part of New England, it was
settled by the same time as the rest
of the first territories. Welcome to
the land of the moose, the lobster
and the …. mosquitoes!

20. 3. This is part of the old New
Amsterdam state. How is it called
nowadays?

21. New York traces its roots to its 1624
founding as a trading post by colonists of
the Dutch Republic, and was named
New Amsterdam in 1626.

22. 4. Philadelphia was the
constitution birthplace:

23. Philadelphia was founded on
October 27, 1682 by
William Penn, who planned a
city along the Delaware River to
serve as a port and place for
government. He gave the name
to the state of PENNSYLVANIA

24. 5. Which of the eastern states is
the most “scientific”?

25. Delaware
The state ranks second in
civilian scientists and engineers
as a percentage of the
workforce and number of
patents issued to companies or
individuals per 1,000 workers

26. 6. It was named after Queen
Henrietta Maria…

27. And its current name is …

28. Maryland, land of Mary
Maryland is one of the most
environmentally friendly states
in the country. In 2007,
Forbes.com rated Maryland as
the fifth "Greenest" state in the
country

29. 6. Where there are plantations
galore?

30. Charleston, in The
Carolinas, a term used in
the United States to refer collectively to
the states of North and South Carolina.
The province, named "Carolina" to
honor King Charles I of England, was
divided into South Carolina and North
Carolina in 1729

31. 7. This is the “Gone with the
wind…” state
Savannah

33. Georgia. Georgia is the largest state
east of the Mississippi River in
terms of land area. The most
popular and famous novel has
probably been Margaret Mitchell's
Gone with the Wind, also the basis
of a wildly successful movie.

34. 8. The very south is a
peninsula:

35. Florida: The first European
contact was made in 1513 by
Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de
León – who named it La Florida
("Flowery Land") upon landing there
during the Easter season, Pascua
Florida