eastern United States
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The eastern United States is the region comprising roughly the eastern third to half of the country, generally the states east of the Mississippi River or the Great Plains.
The exact boundary varies by context—sometimes including states like Texas, sometimes stopping at the Appalachians.
She grew up in the eastern United States before moving to California.
- JamestownFirst permanent English settlement
- Wall StreetAmerican finance hub
- Ivy LeagueElite university athletic conference
- Appalachian MountainsEastern North American range
- Underground RailroadCovert abolitionist escape network
Atlantic Ocean · New England clam chowder · Revolutionary War · Washington D.C. · Amish communities · coal mining · fishing industry · Civil War · Ellis Island · Chesapeake Bay · blue crabs · Jersey Shore · abolitionist movements · textile mills · Boston Tea Party · Pilgrims · barbecue traditions · Colonial Williamsburg
eastern United StatesAmerican West
Historic frontier territory
West Coast · western states · Pacific Coast · Pacific coast · Pacific Northwest
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