Mid-Atlantic States: New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland

New York Capital: Albany 11 th State admitted to Union, July 26, 1788 State motto: Excelsior (meaning “Ever upward.”) State bird: Eastern Bluebird State flower: Rose

Colonial History Hudson river named after explorer Henry Hudson Dutch East India Company claimed his discoveries and began to profit in the fur trade Dutch place names survive: Brooklyn (Breukelen) Wall Street (Walstraat) the Bronx (Jonas Bronck

English captured Dutch colony with little resistance. English Renamed Dutch cities New York and Albany after English places. King Charles was Duke of York and of Albany before he was king

The Big Apple Clockwise, from top: Midtown Manhattan Times Square the Unisphere in Queens Brooklyn Bridge Lower Manhattan & One World Trade Center Central Park United Nations HQ, the Statue of Liberty

New Jersey Capital: Trenton Third state admitted to Union: December 18, 1787 Motto: Liberty and Prosperity State bird: Eastern Goldfinch State flower: violet

New Jersey Facts Light bulb invented by Edison in Menlo Park, NJ. World’s1st complete dinosaur excavation in Haddonfield, Atlantic City, NJ gave its street names to the game of Monopoly.

Pennsylvania 2 nd state admitted to Union: Dec. 12, 1787 Capital: Harrisburg Motto: Virtue, Liberty, & Independence State Bird: Ruffled Grouse State Flower: Mountain Laurel

Pennsylvania was colonized by English Quakers and dissenters, who came there with William Penn, after he was given a land grant from Charles II. Colonial History

Facts about Pennsylvania Hershey’s chocolate was born in PA The Declaration of Independence was signed 1776 in Philadelphia Philadelphia was originally the U.S. capital Philadelphia is home of the Liberty Bell, the cheese steak, and the soft pretzel

Delaware 1 st State admitted to Union, December 7, 1787 Capital: Dover Motto: Liberty and Independence State bird: Blue Chicken State flower: Peach blossom

Delaware Originally hosted Dutch and Swedish colonies New Sweden was the colony formed by the Swedish West India Company Part of Pennsylvania for a short time

Maryland 7 th State: April 28, 1788 Capital: Annapolis Motto: Fatti maschii, parole femine “ Manly deeds, womanly words” State bird: Baltimore Oriole State Flower: Black-eyed Susan

In 1629, Cecil Calvert applied for a charter to start a colony in the New World, which was to be a refuge for Catholics, persecuted by the Church of England. Unlike other colonies, such as Massachusetts and Virginia, Maryland became a haven of religious tolerance.

Maryland Fun Facts “The Star-Spangled Banner” was written about the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812 King Williams School was the first school opened in the country in 1696 Maryland gave up part of its land to give to Washington DC Our very own Mr. Morris hails from Maryland!