Travel Day -> CT, MA, MD & SC

The next states to enter the Union were:

5. Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south (with which it shares a water boundary in Long Island Sound).
Admission into statehood: January 9, 1788
Abbreviation: CT
Capital: Hartford
Nickname: "The Constitution State" because John Fiske, the historian, claimed that The Fundamental Orders of 1638-39 comprised the first written constitution in history. Though this claim has been disputed by some, it remains a landmark document. It is thought that many of the features of the Federal Constitution were drawn from this document. The General Assembly designated Connecticut "The Constitution State" in 1959.

The name Connecticut came from the Indian word Quinnehtukqut -- Mohegan for "Long River Place" or "Beside the Long Tidal River"

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6. Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean.
Admission into statehood: February 6, 1788
Abbreviation: MA
Capital: Boston
Nickname: “Bay State” because of its proximity to several large bays. The “Old Colony State” refers to the original Plymouth colony.

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was named after the indigenous population, the Massachusett, whose name can be segmented as mass-adchu-s-et, where mass- is "large", -adchu- is "hill", -s- is a diminutive suffix meaning "small", and -et is a locative suffix, identifying a place. It has been translated as "near the great hill", "by the blue hills", "at the little big hill", or "at the range of hills".

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7. Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.
Admission into statehood: April 28, 1788
Abbreviation: MD
Capital: Annapolis
Nickname: "Old Line State" nickname was given during the Revolutionary War, when 400 soldiers in the First Maryland Regiment fought a British force of 10,000 and helped General George Washington's army to escape. Washington depended on the Maryland Line throughout the war, and the soldiers' discipline and bravery earned Maryland its nickname.

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8. South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States. Originally part of the Province of Carolina. The colony was originally named by King Charles II of England in honor of his father Charles I, as Carolus is Latin for Charles.
Admission into statehood: May 23, 1788
Abbreviation: SC
Capital: Columbia
Nickname: "The Palmetto State" which refers to the state tree (the sabal palmetto).

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