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Sunil Tanna
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Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the area that has since become the state of Minnesota was populated by a variety of Native American peoples including the Anishinaabe and the Sioux. French fur traders, who reached the area in the 17th century, were the first Europeans to arrive. Later in the century, they were followed by Ojibwe Indians who migrated Westward into the area.
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Chicago
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Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago is the largest city in Illinois, and 3rd largest in the United States overall. As of the 2000 census, the city iself had a population of 2,896,016. Additionally, when combined with its suburbs and the nine surrounding counties in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, the metropolitan area (known as "Chicagoland") has a population of almost 10 million.
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Salt Lake City
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Salt Lake City (originally known as "Great Salt Lake City", but today often called by its initials, S.L.C.) is the state capital and most populous city of Utah. As of the 2000 census, its population was 181,743, however the population of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area is comfortably over a million - and that is incorporate within a still larger metropolitan area which also encompasses Ogden-Clearfield and has a combined population of well over two million.
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Washington State
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Washington is a state in the Northwest of the contiguous United States, on the Pacific Coast. The state is named after George Washington, the first President of the United States.
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Visit Seattle, Washington
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Seattle is the largest city in Washington, and the in fact in the entire Pacific Northwest region of the United States As of 2006, Seattle had an estimated population of 573,911, and the Seattle metropolitan area had an estimated population of 3,263,497.
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Utah
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Utah is a state in the Western United States. About 80% of the state's population live in the area of Salt Lake City, whereas much of the rest of the state is thinly populated.
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History of Connecticut
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Prior to European settlement, the area that is today known as Connecticut, was inhabited by various Algoquian tribes. The Dutch were the first Europeans to arrive in the area: Dutch navigator, Adriaen Block, is known to have sailed up the Connecticut River, at least as far as Hartford in 1614. The Dutch West India Company is also known to have been trading furs in the area in 1623, and to have later set up fortifications in the area.
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History of Arkansas
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Prior to the westward movement of Native American people, Arkansas was inhabited by Quapaw, Caddo, and Osage Nations.
The first European to reach the region was the Spaniard, Hernando de Soto, at the end of the 16th Century. Early Spanish and French explorers gave the state its name which is probably a phonetic spelling for the French or Catalan word for "downriver people" - a reference to the Quapaw Native Americans.
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History of Illinois
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Cahokia, the center of the Native American Mississippian culture was located in southern Illinois near present-day Collinsville. When the Mississippian culture disappeared, a political alliance of several tribes, the Illinwek Confederation dominated the region, until they in turn were replaced by the Potawatomi, Miami and Sauk tribes.
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South Carolina
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South Carolina, nicknamed "the Palmetto State" after the state tree (which is also shown on the state flag), is a state in the southern United States. South Carolina was one of the original 13 colonies to rebel against British rule during the American Revolution (1775 to 1783), and also the first state to secede from the Union and join the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1861 to 1865).
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