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Virginia

Virginia State Information Capital: Richmond Official Name: The Commonwealth of Virginia Organized as a territory: Virginia was organized as a territory on July 13, 1787. Entered Union (rank):…

New Jersey

  New Jersey State Information Capital: Trenton Official Name: New Jersey Organized as a territory: June 24, 1664, as the “Province of New Jersey” Entered Union (rank): 1787 (3rd State to Enter…

Immigration Milestones

A Nation of Immigrants The U.S. is a nation of immigrants. The first wave of immigrants to colonial America, from England, France, Germany, and other northern European countries, were fleeing…

Hong Kong

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Hong KongHong Konghŏng kŏng [key], Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2015 est. pop. 7,246,000), land area 422 sq mi (1…

Malaysia

(Encyclopedia) CE5 MalaysiaMalaysiaməlāˈzhə [key], independent federation (2015 est. pop. 30,723,000), 128,430 sq mi (332,633 sq km), Southeast Asia. The official capital and by far the largest…

China

(Encyclopedia) CE5 CE5 China, Mandarin Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo [central glorious people's united country; i.e., people's republic],…