The sinking of the Maine came first.
Maine is called Maine because it was the first "mainland" that sailors from europe would see when they came to America.
The first inhabitants of Maine were likely to be hunter gatherers. The first of these known were called the Red Paint People. It is thought they came to the area about 1,000 to 3,000 BC.
Maine came in as the 23rd state.
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The first thing discovered in Maine was earmuffs
That the explosion that sunk the Maine came from inside, not outside as it would in an attack.
Some came for the furs. The Plymouth Colony came for religious freedom.
I know they came in september in 2012
The states that came in were MISSOURI and MAINE. Missouri as a slaveholding state and Maine as a free state =]
Maine was ratified as a free state in 1820. As well, Abraham Lincoln's Vice President, Hannibal Hamlin, came from Maine.
Maine was admitted into the Union on March 19, 1820 becoming the 23rd state to join the Union.