The Northeast Metropolitan Regions and Washington Oregon Montana North Dakota Minnesota New Hampshire Vermont Maine Idaho South Dakota Wisconsin Wyoming Michigan New York Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut Nevada Nebraska Iowa Utah Colorado Illinois Indiana Pennsylvania Ohio California Arizona New Mexico Kansas Missouri Kentucky Oklahoma Arkansas Tennessee New Jersey Delaware Maryland Washington D C West Virginia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Texas Alabama Mississippi Georgia Louisiana Florida In size the Northeast and Metropolitan regions of the United States are small But in history they are big The Northeast region lies between the Atlantic Ocean on the east and the Great Lakes on the west Canada borders on the north The Metropolitan region borders on the south The Northeast states are Maine Vermont New Hampshire New York Massachusetts and Rhode Island 4
13 Original Colonies New Hampshire New York Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New Jersey Delaware Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia The Northeast is the oldest region of the United States Many of the states began as colonies in the 1600s 5
The Metropolitan region lies on the east coast of the United States just below the Northeast region The Metropolitan region is identified by the many major cities that fill this small region Metropolitan states are Delaware Maryland New Jersey Connecticut and Washington D C Parts of New York and Pennsylvania make up the Metropolitan region as well The Northeast and Metropolitan regions have some of the largest U S cities including New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington D C Baltimore had the first street lights and the first post office system in the U S Boston built the first U S library New York City was the U S capital from 1789 to 1790 These cities have helped make America great U S lawmakers met at Federal Hall in New York City before the capital was moved to Washington D C 6
The White House Washington D C is the capital city of the United States The city is not part of any state Washington D C was built to be the seat of government for the United States The White House and Capitol Building are located in Washington D C U S laws are made in the Capitol Building U S Capitol 7
