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Parent topics
- United States of America [r]: A country of North America, north of Mexico, south of Canada. [e]
- New England [r]: Region of the northeastern USA consisting of the 6 states Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. [e]
Subtopics
Cities and towns
- Auburn, Maine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Augusta, Maine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bangor, Maine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lewiston, Maine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Portland, Maine [r]: Add brief definition or description
Politics and government
State government
U.S. Senate
- Olympia Snowe [r]: U.S. Senator R- Maine; Senate Committee on Finance and Gang of Six on health care reform; Senate Select Committee on Intelligence [e]
- Susan Collins [r]: U.S. Senator (R-Maine); Senate Armed Services Committee; Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Senate Committee on Appropriations; Senate Special Committee on Aging [e]
U.S. House of Representatives
- Michael Michaud [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chellie Pingree [r]: U.S. Representative (D-Maine), U.S. House Armed Services Committee [e]
Social, cultural, and educational
- Bowdoin College [r]: Established in 1794, a small but influential US liberal arts undergraduate institution [e]
- Maine Coon [r]: The oldest American breed of long-haired domestic cat. [e]
Industry and agriculture
- Commercial fishing [r]: The harvesting of edible marine life on a commercial basis, usually using purpose-built vessels and equipment [e]
- Maple syrup [r]: Add brief definition or description
Geographical and geological features
- Atlantic Ocean [r]: Second largest ocean in the world; separates the Americas from Europe and Africa. [e]
Noteworthy places
- Examples: Hoover Dam
People
- Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain [r]: U.S. educator deeply bonded to Bowdoin College, from undergraduate to President; American Civil War general and recipient of the Medal of Honor; Governor of Maine [e]
- Henry David Thoreau [r]: (1817-62) New England transcendentalist philosopher, naturalist, and writer; one of key inspirations for the modern conservation movement. [e]
Federal
- Institutions and installations such as military (West Point), research facilities (Los Alamos), National Parks, Wilderness areas
Maine state history
Other related topics
Associated U.S. states and Canadian provinces
- New England states
- New Hampshire [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vermont [r]: 14th state of the USA [e]
- Massachusetts [r]: A State in the New England region of the north-east USA. [e]
- Rhode Island [r]: Smallest state in the United States, located in the New England region. [e]
- Connecticut [r]: 5th state of the USA [e]
Native American
- Tribes, reservations, etc
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- American cuisine [r]: Cuisine of the United States of America. [e]
- Bay of Fundy [r]: A bay on the Gulf of Maine's northeast end, mostly between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia but touching upon Maine. [e]
- Canada [r]: The world's second-largest country by total area, occupying most of northern North America; officially a bilingual nation, in English and French (population approx. 27 million). [e]
- Christopher Ford [r]: Arms control and intelligence specialist; Director, Center for Technology and Global Security; Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute; George W. Bush Administration United States Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation [e]
- Clarence Earl Gideon [r]: The petitioner/defendant in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, decided in 1963, establishing the right to counsel protected by the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution. [e]
- Free State Project [r]: American political movement which aims to move 20,000 libertarian activists to New Hampshire so that they can have greater influence on local and state affairs. [e]
- Grover Cleveland [r]: The 22nd and 24th President of the United States, and the only one to serve two non-consecutive terms. [e]
- Iraq Study Group [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jean Shepherd [r]: (26 July 1921 – 16 October 1999) American raconteur, radio and TV personality, writer and actor, renowned for creating nostalgic and humorous storytelling. [e]
- New Brunswick, Canada [r]: a Maritime province on the east coast of Canada. [e]
- New York City [r]: The largest city in the United States of America and a world center of finance, commerce, communications, and the arts. [e]
- Nova Scotia [r]: (population 939,531) A Maritime province on the east coast of Canada. [e]
- Plymouth Colony [r]: English colony in North America, 1620-1691, until it was absorbed by Massachusetts. [e]
- Pollination [r]: Process by which pollen is transferred in plants from the male reproductive organ (stamen or staminate cone) to the female reproductive organ (pistil or pistillate cone), thereby enabling fertilisation and sexual reproduction. [e]
- Snakebite [r]: Wound resulting from penetration of the flesh by the fangs or teeth of a snake. [e]
- Stephen King [r]: (Born 1947) American novelist, often using supernatural or macabre themes. [e]
- The Children's Machine [r]: An inexpensive subnotebook computer intended to be distributed to children in developing countries around the world, to provide them with access to knowledge. [e]
- Thirteen Colonies [r]: The historical region ranging from the present-day Canadian province of Quebec to the present-day state of Georgia which
comprised the thirteen British colonies in North America. [e]
- U.S. Civil War, Origins [r]: The U.S. Civil War emerged from the expansion of slavery in the U.S. and its implication in all aspects of U.S. society, economy, and politics. [e]
- U.S. Demographic History [r]: Historic trends in population growth, geographical distribution by states and urban-rural, internal migration, and components of change (births, deaths, immigration), as well as race and ethnicity, and population policy as they relate to the United States. [e]
- U.S. foreign policy [r]: The foreign relations and diplomacy of the United States since 1775. [e]
- USS Fomalhaut (AKA-5) [r]: attack cargo ship of the Second World War [e]
- Virginia, history [r]: Add brief definition or description
- White Mountains [r]: Add brief definition or description
