Augusta, Maine

Maine and Acadia National Park Maine was a district of the state of Massachusetts until it became the 23rd state on March 15th, 1820 as part of the Missouri compromise (Hartford, 2006). Maine got its name because it was distinguished as the Mainland from islands offshore (History.com Staff, 2009). It is also known as the Pine Tree State. Maine is the only state whose name is a single syllable and is abbreviated as ME on maps. The state borders New Hampshire, the Atlantic Ocean, and some provinces of Canada. Maine’s original capital was Portland but it is now Augusta. The most recent population of Maine was 1,330,089 as of 2014 on Wikipedia (2015). According to Infoplease.com there are more than 2,500 lakes and 5,000 streams, and over 30 national…

“A Nation Cannot Exist Without a National Institute” Ireland had a plethora of existing literature before its nationalist movement, however, the majority of their literature was centered on British prejudiced. A unified movement to create a uniquely Irish dramatic form had not yet been attempted. William Butler Yeats saw this as his opportunity to develop his paragon of Irish theatre that could unify Ireland through literature. Yeats alleged that in order to create a mature society, Ireland…

Dorothea Dix is an American social reformer with a huge impact of saving lives before and during The Civil War. In her early life, she opened a school for children including poor and neglected to help out on their reading and writing. Dix is more compassionate to teach the poor and neglected children, who can’t afford or able to make it to school, by coming to their houses because she felt the same connection during her childhood years under her strict and alcoholic father. Luckily her wealthy…

In the late 1400s, when Christopher Columbus stumbled across North America, the world was altered. Many countries established colonies, but the only ones that stuck were the English colonies. Jamestown was first, and 12 others followed. Everyone had different reasons for migrating and the culture of these colonies showed that. Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin, their reasons for settling, their government structures, and their…

embarrassed or reluctant to tread on perilous grounds and swim in profound waters, and can live without bounds. Be gutsy and set out to appear as an individual not like a puppet controlled by strings. This movement is gaining momentum, but resistance is still a factor. In 2001 approximately 12,000 Somali refugees were displaced, after an awful political war in their East African country and eventually relocated to Maine. Thousands first settled in urban communities, for example, Atlanta before…

Edwin Arlington Robinson’s poem, “Richard Cory,” is brimming with irony. The brilliant use of situational irony takes the seemingly perfect life of Richard Cory and surprises us all once we reach the last line of Robinson’s poem. In fact, this poem seems eerily similar to Robin Williams’ situation. Richard Cory and Robin Williams both appeared to have their lives together; both rich, always smiling and making other happy, and were both held to higher standards. However, much like Richard Cory,…

While North America was settled in the majority by Englishmen of the same nationality, by the time of the 1700s, the New England and Chesapeake regions developed adversely from one another. England sent over numerous groups to these two regions. From the start, New England and the Chesapeake had different values and identities. These differences originated from the reasons that they decided to come to the New World in the first place, and where on the coast they were. This affected the colonies…

A toothpick is a tool used in everyday life that ordinarily after its use, is immediately thrown away. In Albert H. Baird’s patent description on his own composition of a toothpick, he states his design’s “...cost of manufacture is so low that [the] improved tooth pick can be economically thrown away after being used but once (Baird, 1910).” Although he associates this idea with his own design, it’s a commonality of the current view of toothpicks. Before the last toothpick factory in Maine…

Hampshire is known for many achievments. Whether it is natural beauty or man-made, New Hampshire has a lot to offer. Many visitors become stunned with its beauty and enjoy its natural resorts. New Hampshire , abbreviated NH, has a capital of Concord, and was originally named North Virginia and New England. It was established in 1788. New Hampshire has four nicknames. NH.Gov explains the these names. “ The Granite state” for its overabundant quantities of granite stone. “ Mother of Rivers” for…

Stephen E. King was born in Portland, Maine on on September 21, 1947. King is one of the most successful horror writers of all time. His parents, Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King, divorced when King was a kid. King and his brother traveled to Indiana and Connecticut for a while. After a while the traveling became a hassle, so he moved to Maine with his mother and brother . Eventually, he graduated in 1966, from Lisbon Falls High School. King attended the University of Maine at Orono. He…