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Maine

Maine is the easternmost state in the United States and is known for its coastal scenery and seafood.

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Where is the Maine Museum Of Photographic Arts Mmpa in Portland Maine located?

The address of the Maine Museum Of Photographic Arts Mmpa is: 240 Concord Street West, Portland, ME 04103-2502

Where is the Lubec Landmarks in Lubec Maine located?

The address of the Lubec Landmarks is: Po Box 422, Lubec, ME 04652-0422

How long would it take get to Auburn Maine from Portland Maine?

If you use the Turnpike (I95), you can get from Portland to Auburn in about 35 to 40 minutes at speed limit.

What is the driving distance from Bangor ME to Calais ME?

It depends on the route you take but the approximate driving distance (using major roadways) is 95 miles.

How do you find information on the great fire in Portland in 1866?

Account of Portland's Great Fire by the Portland Daily Advertiser as it appeared on July 6, 1866

portlandfire.com

What country is north of Maine?

If you are talking about Maine the state, than the country would be Canada.

Why did Maine decide to separate from Massachusetts?

Following the Revolution, frontier settlers who resented being ruled from Boston pressed for separation from Massachusetts.

Coastal merchants, who held the balance of political power at the time, resisted the separation movement until the War of 1812 showed that Massachusetts was unable or unwilling to provide adequate protection for the people of the district against British raids.

With popular sentiment unified behind statehood, the separation movement went forward. Congress established Maine as the 23rd state under the Missouri Compromise of 1820. This arrangement allowed Maine to join the Union as a free state, with Missouri entering a year later as a slave state, thereby preserving the numerical balance between free and slave states in the nation.

By this time the population of Maine had reached nearly 300,000. The new state had nine counties and 236 towns.

Delegates met for three weeks in October of 1819 in Portland to hammer out a state constitution, a document strongly rooted in political independence, religious freedom and popular control of government.

The president of the convention was William King, a prominent Bath merchant and shipbuilder who subsequently became Maine's first governor.

Portland was selected as the state capital, but this was only temporary. In 1832 the capital was moved to Augusta, a more centrally located site.

Distance from Portland Maine to Augusta?

its about 55 miles, takes about an hour along I-95 with normal traffic might take up to an hour and 20 mins or so with traffic