Maryland

Maryland is located in the Mid-Atlantic region of America. It borders Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia. It was one of America’s original 13 colonies and became its seventh state on April 28, 1788. Maryland’s nickname is the Old Line State. Annapolis is the state’s capital, but Baltimore is its largest city. Baltimore is the home of the one of the nation’s most famous aquariums. Like many of the east coast states, western Maryland is dominated by the Appalachian Mountains, central Maryland features piedmont, and eastern Maryland is part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Ocean City, located on Maryland’s Atlantic coast, is a popular destination for beachgoers. Although Maryland is a small state compared to others, it now has more than six million people, and thus, has the fifth highest population density in the country. This means people are more crowded in Maryland than other states.

Virginia

Virginia is located in the southeastern United States. It is considered one of the most historically important states and was the site of Jamestown, the first permanent American colony in the New World. It was also the birthplace of four of the first five American presidents, and the site of the last major battles of both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. Nicknamed the Old Dominion, Virginia borders Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina. It became America’s tenth state on June 25, 1788. Virginia features beaches and wetlands on its Atlantic coast, piedmont in the center, and the Appalachian Mountains in the west, which, in Virginia, are known as the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Potomac River forms the border between Virginia and Maryland and the James River flows from the Appalachians, through the state capital of Richmond, and out via the Chesapeake Bay. With over 8.5 million people, Virginia is America’s twelfth most populous state.