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Moving to New Hampshire (10139 words) |
 | The state is bordered on the north by the Canadian province of Québec, on the east by Maine and the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Massachusetts, and on the west by Vermont. |
| While most administrative leaders are appointed by the governor, subject to the council's approval, the secretary of state and state treasurer are elected by the General Court. |
| The gradual movement of population to the interior of the state was reflected in a shift of the capital. |
| World Almanac for Kids (5122 words) |
| PENNSYLVANIA, in full, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, one of the Middle Atlantic states of the U.S., bounded on the N by Lake Erie and New York; on the E by New York and New Jersey; on the S by Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia; and on the W by West Virginia and Ohio. |
| The name of the state was probably coined by Charles II of England and combines the surname of Adm. William Penn (1621–70), the father of William Penn, to whom the king granted the colony in 1681, and sylva (Lat., “wood”). |
| The state is subject to influences by interior continental air masses as well as by air masses from the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. |
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