Delaware "The First State"

DELAWARE GOVERNMENT 

State abreviation: DE

Statehood: December 7, 1787

State Motto: Liberty and Independence

State Nickname: The First State

State Capital: Dover

State Government: Became a state in 1776 / Capital moved from New Castle to Dover in 1777 / first constitution adopted in 1792 / current constitution adopted in 1897

State Colors:      

State Flag:     (click to enlarge)

State Seal: (click to enlarge)

State Song: "Our Delaware"

DELAWARE GEOGRAPHY

Largest city: Wilmington

Major Rivers: Delaware River, Mispillion River, Nanticoke River.

Area: 1,982 square miles.

Climate: Moderate year round.

Elevation: Highest - Ebright Azimuth - 447.85 ft. above sea level near Ebright Road in New Castle County. Lowest - Sea level along the coast. 

Bordering States: Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

Bordering Body of Water: Delaware Bay, Atlantic Ocean

DELAWARE ECONOMY & PEOPLE

Chief Products:  Agriculture -- broilers, soybeans, corn, milk. Fishing Industry -- crabs, clams.  Manufacturing -- chemicals, food products, paper products, rubber and plastics products, primary metals, printed materials. Mining -- sand and gravel, magnesium compounds.

Population: 2010 Population Estimate - 897,934; 45th among the states.

DELAWARE STATE PLANTS

State Flower: Peach Blossom

State Herb: Sweet Golden Rod

State Tree: American Holly

State Fruit: Strawberry. 

DELAWARE STATE ANIMALS

State Bird: Blue Hen

State Fish: Weakfish

State Marine Animal: Horseshoe Crab

State Wildlife Animal: Grey Fox

DELAWARE MISCELLANEOUS SYMBOLS

State Beverage: Milk

State Dessert: Peach Pie

State Star: Delaware Diamond

 

http://delaware.gov/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/delaware/

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by Sara Peralta Feltrer. Historia y Cultura gr.: A.

NEW JERSEY

State abbreviation: NJ

Also known as: The Garden State

Capital city: Trenton

US Region: Northeast

Borders: Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania

Bird: Eastern Goldfinch

Flag:

Flower: Violet (Viola sororia)

Motto: Liberty and prosperity

Important cities: Newark, Jersey, Paterson, Elizabeth, Edison Township, Woodbridge Township, Dover Township, Hamilton, Trenton, Camden

South Dakota

Abbreviation : S.D

Capital city: Pierre

U.S. Region: Midwestern Region

Borders:

To the North: North Dakota
To the East: Iowa and Minnesota
To the South: Nebraska
To the West: Wyoming, Montana

Bird: Ring- Necked Pheasant



Flag: The South Dakota flag features the state seal surrounded by a golden blazing sun in a field of sky blue.

Motto: Under God the people rule



Flower: Pasqueflower

Important cities: Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Pierre, Mitchell, Huron,
Aberdeen, Watertown.

New Hampshire

State Abbreviation: NH

State capital: Concord

State of the New England region of the northeastern United States of America.

Borders: New Hampshire is bordered by Canada on the north and by Massachusetts on the south. On the east, New Hampshire is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and Maine and on the west, New Hamsphire is bordered by Vermont.

Flag: The flag pictures the state seal on a deep blue field (background). The state seal has the ship "Raleigh" sailing near a large gray granite rock, in front of a yellow sun rising over blue water. The Raleigh was built to fight the British during the Revolutionary War. The scene is surrounded by the words, "SEAL OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 1776," and yellow laurel leaves interspersed with nine yellow stars (since New Hampshire was the ninth state in the US). New Hampshire became a state in 1788.

State Motto: Live free or die

Important Cities: Manchester, Nashua, Concord, East Concord, Derry Village,

Dover, Rochester, Salem, Merrimack, Keene.

State bird: Purple finch

State animal: White-tailed deer

State flower: Purple lilac

State insect: Ladybug

Major Rivers: Androscoggin River, Connecticut River, Merrimack River

Major Lake: Lake Winnipesaukee.

Sources:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/newhampshire/

http://www.geonames.org/US/NH/largest-cities-in-new-hampshire.html

http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/nh_geography.htm

North Dakota

North Dakota

Abbreviation: ND

Capital City: Bismarck

U.S. region: Midwest

Borders: Canada on the North; South Dakota on the South; Minnesota on the East and Montana on the West.

Bird: Western Meadowlark








Flag:

Flower: Wild Prairie Rose

Important cities: Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks, Minot, Mandan, Dickinson, Jamestown, West Fargo, Williston, Wahpeton

Motto: "Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable".

Counties: 53

Tree: American Elm

Economy:

- Agriculture: wheat, cattle, barley, sunflowers, milk, sugar beets

- Industry: food processing, machinery, mining, tourism



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OKLAHOMA

State abbreviation: OK

Capital City: Oklahoma City

Us Region: South Central

Borders: Colorado and Kansas to the north, Texas to the south, Missouri and Arkansas to the east and New Mexico and Texas to the west.

Flag: The Oklahoma state flag honours more than 60 groups of Native Americans and their ancestors.

The blue field comes from a flag carried by Choctaw soldiers during the civil war. The center shield is the battle shield of an Osage warrior. It is made of buffalo hide and decorated with eagle feathers. Two symbols of peace lie across the shield. One is the calumet, or peace pipe. The other is an olive branch. Crosses on the shield are Native American signs for stars, representing high ideals.

Motto: Labor omnia vincit (Labor conquers all things)

Important cities: Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman, Lawton, Edmond.

Bird: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Flower: Mistletoe phoradendron serotinum

Tree: Redbud

Colours: green and white

Sources:

http://www.50states.com/oklahoma.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma

MASSACHUSETTS

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east, the Atlantic Ocean. The state features two separate metropolitan areas - the eastern Boston metropolitan area and the western Springfield metropolitan area.

Massachusetts played a significant historical, cultural, and commercial role in American history.

Plymouth was the second permanent English settlement in North America, and Puritans settling Massachusetts in the 1630s dominated New England for many years.

Nickname: The Bay State

Motto: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (Latin)

Flag:

Capital and largest city: Boston

Bird:Chickadee

Flower: Mayflower

Largest Cities: Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Lowell, Cambrigde, Brockton, New Bedford, Fall River, Lynn, Quincy.

Sources:

http://www.50states.com/massachu.htm

http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts

MISSISSSIPPI

Nicknames: The Magnolia State; The Hospitality State
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi ("Great River"). The state is heavily forested outside of the Mississippi Delta area, which had been cleared for cotton cultivation in the 19th century.

The state symbol is the magnolia grandiflora tree.









Population Ranked 31st in the U.S. - Total 2,967,297 (2010 US Census)
Surrounded by Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama,

NEVADA

State abbreviation: NV

Capital city: CARSON CITY

US REGION: Southwest

FLAG: Solid cobalt blue field. The canton contains two sagebrush branches encircling a silver star with the text "Nevada" and "Battle Born".

BORDERS: Oregon and Idaho (North); California (South,West); Utah and Arizona (East);

BIRD: Mountain bluebird (1967)

TREE: Bristlecone Pine

ANIMAL: Desert Bighorn Sheep

FLOWER: Sagebrush

COLORS: Silver and Blue

MOTTO: All for Our Country

IMPORTANT CITIES: Las Vegas, Henderson, Reno, Sparks, Carson City

NUMBER OF COUNTIES: 16, plus 1 independent city

ECONOMY: Agriculture- cattle, hay, dairy products, potatoes
Industry- tourism, mining, machinery, printing and publishing, food processing.

NEBRASKA

STATE ABBREVIATION: NE

CAPITAL CITY: Lincoln

US REGION: Center

BORDERS: South Dakota to the North; Iowa and Missouri to the East and Missouri to the Southeast, across the Missouri River; Kansas to the South; Colorado to the Southwest; and Wyoming to the West

BIRD: Western meadowlark

MOTTO: Equality Before the Law

POPULATION: 1,826,341 (the 38^th in the

US)

IMPORTANT CITIES: Omaha – Lincoln – Bellevue – Grand Island – Kearney – Fremont

ECONOMY: Agriculture: Cattle, corn, hogs, soybeans, wheat

Industry: Food processing, machinery, electric equipment, printing and publishing.

FLAG: The state seal on a field of national blue

FLOWER: Goldenrod

GOVERNMENT: Nebraska is the only state in the United States with a unicameral legislature. Nebraska's

U.S. senators are Mike Johanns, the junior senator, and Ben Nelson, the senior senator. Nebraska has three representatives in the House of Representatives: Jeff Fortenberry of the 1st district; Lee Terry of the 2nd district; and Adrian M. Smith of the 3rd district.

More information:

http://snr.unl.edu/data/misc/nebraskasymbols.asp

http://www.50states.com/

http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/ne_symb.htm