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oldest, founded in 1521; the next earliest settlements are San Germán in 1570, Coamo in 1579, Arecibo in 1614, Aguada in 1692 and Ponce in 1692. Increased

largest among the British colonies in North America.: 65  Between 1670 and 1715, between 24,000 and 51,000 captive Native Americans were exported from South

Women Entered the Federal Workforce in Civil War–Era Washington, D.C. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 2017. Bailey, M. The

was established in July 1619, making it the oldest current law-making body in North America. Unlike other states, cities and counties in Virginia function

States, was disturbed by Napoleon's plans to re-establish French colonies in North America. With the possession of New Orleans, Napoleon could close the Mississippi

labor climate in the nation, number 1 in business climate in the nation, number 1 in the nation in workforce training and as having a "Best in Class" state

temperature in Mississippi has ranged from −19 °F (−28 °C), in 1966, at Corinth in the northeast, to 115 °F (46 °C), in 1930, at Holly Springs in the north. Snowfall

was essentially two colonies, one centered in the Albemarle region in the north and the other located in the south around Charleston. In 1705 South Carolinian

within a one-day drive of 50% of North America's population and 70% of North America's manufacturing capacity. To the north, Ohio has 312 miles (502 km) of

Hurricane Audrey in 1957, Hurricane Carla in 1961, Hurricane Beulah in 1967, Hurricane Alicia in 1983, Hurricane Rita in 2005, and Hurricane Ike in 2008. Tropical

lowest temperature recorded in continental North America (in Snag, Yukon, Canada). The climate in the extreme north of Alaska, north of the Brooks Range, is

decline in the number of staff at the agency. For its entire history, the GPO has occupied the corner of North Capitol Street NW and H Street NW in the District

subnational entity in North America. Prior to European colonization, California was one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in pre-Columbian

player in United States foreign policy through the actions of Commodore Matthew C. Perry in Japan, which resulted in the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.

freedom in return for their service in the Florida militia, and which became the first free black settlement legally sanctioned in North America. In 1763

Church in America with 120,598 adherents. The Christian Reformed Church in North America had almost 100,000 members and more than 230 congregations in Michigan

forces that landed in French North Africa and took Tunisia and then moved on to Sicily and later fought in Italy. In the June 1944 landings in northern France

Illinois is located in the Midwest region of the United States and is one of the eight states in the Great Lakes region of North America (which also includes

II attempted to enforce royal authority over the autonomous colonies in British North America, but the colony regained its independence under the Royal Charter

forests in the Piedmont Region, and pine groves in the Maryland mountains to the west. Maryland is bounded on its north by Pennsylvania, on its north and east