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The "
Eastern Seaboard," or "
Atlantic Seaboard" are terms referring to the easternmost coastal states in the
United States. They touch the
Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. It usually includes all Thirteen Colonies, as well as such selected places as
Washington, D.C., Florida, Maine and Vermont.
Inclusion of states
The term "East Coast" is often associated with the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States United States, particularly for cultural concepts such as an "Eastern college" or "East-coast liberal" or the "I-95 Corridor" (referring to Interstate 95). The Southeastern United States portion of the coast from Virginia to Florida is more typically associated culturally with the larger
American South. "East Coast" may also refer even more narrowly to the highly urbanized strip along the coast from Boston, Massachusetts, to Washington, D.C., which is also known as the "Northeast Corridor", a definition which excludes the less densely populated areas of
Upstate New York and
Western Pennsylvania, with cities like
Buffalo, New York and
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which may have more in common with the
Midwest than with cities like
New York City,
Philadelphia,
Washington, D.C.,
Baltimore and Boston.
History
The East Coast was part of the
Atlantic world, and had elaborate trade interconnections with Kingdom of Great Britain,
France, Africa, as well as with the British colonization of the Americas,
French colonization of the Americas and Spanish colonization of the Americas of the New World. It was also the scene of large scale colonization by the British starting in the 1580s. Some colonies failed but most thrived. On the other hand the Netherlands, Sweden, Spanish and other colonies were eventually taken over by the English speakers. A series of wars between Britain and the French (and Indians), and Spanish, and then wars between the Americans and the British and their Indian allies, kept the frontier regions violent down to 1814. The Americans grew rapidly, and moved to frontiers in the west, and also to the North and South, in unstoppable waves after 1750. The attempts by the (British) Government to prevent European settlement west of the Appalachians (in order to pacify former Native American allies following
Pontiac's War, were the primary cause of the American colonist's rebellion. The very rapid demographic growth was due to enormous amounts of good land, ample food, and a favorable disease environment. The Americans doubled in number every 25 years by natural increase. This was augmented before 1775 by steady flows of new migrants from Britain, as well as large numbers from Germany, plus slave purchases. Immigration fell off after 1775, then resumed about 1840. Millions of "old" immigrants came from Britain, Ireland, Germany and Scandinavia before 1890, and even more millions came from Southern and Eastern Europe between 1890 and 1914, when war and immigration restrictions stopped most population movement. Large scale immigration did not resume until the 1960s.
The 13 colonies developed their own political culture in the 18th century, called
Republicanism in the United States. They revolted in 1775, creating the new "United States of America" in 1776.
Culturally it is also where most of the first wave of immigrants from Europe settled before America began its western expansion. The Appalachian Trail runs through most of these states from Maine through Georgia. Historically the
Mason-Dixon Line cuts this area in half at the northern border of Maryland, which still indicates a cultural change. Through the course of early
United States history, the Eastern Coast was divided over many issues including slavery. In the 1860s this came to a head and the
American Civil War broke out. This war was fought mostly in East Coast states, including Maryland, Virginia, and
North Carolina and South Carolina.
See also
References
The "
Eastern Seaboard," or "
Atlantic Seaboard" are terms referring to the easternmost coastal states in the United States. They touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to
Canada. It usually includes all
Thirteen Colonies, as well as such selected places as Washington, D.C., Florida,
Maine and
Vermont.
Inclusion of states
The term "East Coast" is often associated with the
Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States United States, particularly for cultural concepts such as an "Eastern college" or "East-coast liberal" or the "I-95 Corridor" (referring to
Interstate 95). The
Southeastern United States portion of the coast from Virginia to Florida is more typically associated culturally with the larger American South. "East Coast" may also refer even more narrowly to the highly urbanized strip along the coast from
Boston, Massachusetts, to
Washington, D.C., which is also known as the "Northeast Corridor", a definition which excludes the less densely populated areas of Upstate New York and
Western Pennsylvania, with cities like
Buffalo, New York and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which may have more in common with the Midwest than with cities like New York City, Philadelphia,
Washington, D.C., Baltimore and
Boston.
History
The East Coast was part of the Atlantic world, and had elaborate trade interconnections with Kingdom of Great Britain, France,
Africa, as well as with the
British colonization of the Americas,
French colonization of the Americas and
Spanish colonization of the Americas of the New World. It was also the scene of large scale colonization by the British starting in the 1580s. Some colonies failed but most thrived. On the other hand the
Netherlands,
Sweden, Spanish and other colonies were eventually taken over by the English speakers. A series of wars between Britain and the French (and Indians), and Spanish, and then wars between the Americans and the British and their Indian allies, kept the frontier regions violent down to 1814. The Americans grew rapidly, and moved to frontiers in the west, and also to the North and South, in unstoppable waves after 1750. The attempts by the (British) Government to prevent European settlement west of the Appalachians (in order to pacify former Native American allies following Pontiac's War, were the primary cause of the American colonist's rebellion. The very rapid demographic growth was due to enormous amounts of good land, ample food, and a favorable disease environment. The Americans doubled in number every 25 years by natural increase. This was augmented before 1775 by steady flows of new migrants from Britain, as well as large numbers from Germany, plus slave purchases. Immigration fell off after 1775, then resumed about 1840. Millions of "old" immigrants came from Britain, Ireland, Germany and Scandinavia before 1890, and even more millions came from Southern and Eastern Europe between 1890 and 1914, when war and immigration restrictions stopped most population movement. Large scale immigration did not resume until the 1960s.
The 13 colonies developed their own political culture in the 18th century, called
Republicanism in the United States. They revolted in 1775, creating the new "United States of America" in 1776.
Culturally it is also where most of the first wave of immigrants from Europe settled before America began its western expansion. The Appalachian Trail runs through most of these states from Maine through Georgia. Historically the Mason-Dixon Line cuts this area in half at the northern border of
Maryland, which still indicates a cultural change. Through the course of early United States history, the Eastern Coast was divided over many issues including
slavery. In the 1860s this came to a head and the American Civil War broke out. This war was fought mostly in East Coast states, including
Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina and
South Carolina.
See also
References
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