18 February 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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The Thirteen Colonies, also known as the Thirteen British Colonies, the Thirteen American Colonies, or later as the
United Colonies , were a group of
British colonies on the Atlantic coast of
North America . Founded in the 17th and 18th centuries, they began fighting the
American Revolutionary War in April 1775 and formed the
United States of America by
declaring full independence in July 1776. Just prior to declaring independence, the Thirteen Colonies in their traditional groupings were: New England (
New Hampshire ;
Massachusetts ;
Rhode Island ;
Connecticut ); Middle (
New York ;
New Jersey ;
Pennsylvania ;
Delaware ); Southern (
Maryland ;
Virginia ;
North Carolina ;
South Carolina ; and
Georgia ). The Thirteen Colonies came to have very similar political, constitutional, and legal systems, dominated by
Protestant English-speakers. The first of these colonies was
Virginia Colony in 1607, a
Southern colony . While all these colonies needed to become economically viable, the founding of the
New England colonies , as well as the colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania, were substantially motivated by their founders’ concerns related to the practice of religion. The other colonies were founded for business and economic expansion. The
Middle Colonies were established on an earlier Dutch colony,
New Netherland . All the Thirteen Colonies were part of
Britain’s possessions in the New World , which also included territory in
Canada ,
Florida , and the
Caribbean .
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25 June 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks , Environment , UNESCO World Heritage
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Clingman’s Dome Observation Tower, the highest point both in Tennessee and along the Appalachian Trail, in Great Smoky Mountains National Park © Scott Basford
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park is an American
national park in the
southeastern United States , with parts in
North Carolina and
Tennessee . The park straddles the ridgeline of the
Great Smoky Mountains , part of the
Blue Ridge Mountains , which are a division of the larger
Appalachian Mountain chain . The park contains some of the highest mountains in eastern North America, including
Clingmans Dome ,
Mount Guyot , and
Mount Le Conte . The border between the two states runs northeast to southwest through the center of the park. The
Appalachian Trail passes through the center of the park on its route from
Georgia to
Maine . With 14.1 million visitors in 2021, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the United States.
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14 December 2020 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Kill Devil Hills is a town in
Dare County ,
North Carolina . The population was 6,683 at the 2010 census, up from 5,897 in 2000. It is the most populous settlement in both Dare County and on the
Outer Banks of North Carolina. The Kill Devil Hills Micropolitan Statistical Area is part of the larger
Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area .
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27 July 2020 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Charlotte is the
most populous city in the
U.S. state of
North Carolina . Located in the
Piedmont , it is the
county seat of
Mecklenburg County . In 2019, the
U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population was 885,708, making it the
15th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the cultural, economic, and transportation center of the
Charlotte metropolitan area , whose population ranks
23rd in the U.S ., and had a population of 2,569,213, in 2018. The Charlotte metropolitan area is part of a sixteen-county market region or
combined statistical area with a 2018 census-estimated population of 2,728,933. Between 2004 and 2014, Charlotte was ranked as the country’s fastest-growing metro area, with 888,000 new residents. Based on U.S. Census data from 2005 to 2015, Charlotte tops the U.S. in millennial population growth. It is the second-largest city in the
southeastern United States , just behind
Jacksonville, Florida . It is the third-fastest-growing major city in the United States. It is listed as a “gamma”
global city by the
Globalization and World Cities Research Network . Residents are referred to as “
Charlotteans “.
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14 June 2017 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Raleigh is the capital of the state of
North Carolina , the seat of
Wake County . Raleigh is known as the “City of Oaks” for its many oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. The city’s population is at as 451,000. It is also one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. The city of Raleigh is named after
Sir Walter Raleigh , who established the lost
Roanoke Colony in present-day
Dare County . Raleigh is an early example in the United States of a
planned city . It was chosen as the site of the state capital in 1788 and incorporated in 1792 as such. The city was originally laid out in a grid pattern with the
North Carolina State Capitol in Union Square at the center. In the
United States Civil War the city was spared from any significant battle, only falling in the closing days of the war, though it did not escape the economic hardships that plagued the rest of the American South during the
Reconstruction Era . The twentieth century saw the opening of the
Research Triangle Park in 1959, and with the jobs it created the region and city saw a large influx of population, making it one of the fastest growing communities in the United States by the early 21st century.
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4 September 2015 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Kitty Hawk is a town in
Dare County ,
North Carolina , and is a part of what is known as North Carolina’s
Outer Banks . The population is at 3,300. It was established in the early 18th century as
Chickahawk . The
Kitty Hawk Life-Saving Station was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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