executive summary by Darmansjah
Maine ( État du Maine) is a state in the New England region
of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east
and south, New Hampshire to the west, the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the
northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost
and easternmost portion of New England. The first European settlement in Maine
was by the French in 1604 on Saint Croix Island, by Pierre Dugua, Sieur de
Mons. The first English settlement in Maine, the short-lived Popham Colony, was
established by the Plymouth Company in 1607. As Maine entered the 18th century,
only a half dozen European settlements survived. Patriot and British forces
contended for Maine's territory during the American Revolution and the War of
1812. Maine was part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts until 1820 when it
voted to secede from Massachusetts. Maine is the 39th most extensive and the
41st most populous of the 50 United States.
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