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11 Secessionist states of the South (Dixie) also have a firmly established image, both
from a historical and a cultural point of view.
Megalopolis
Heartland
West
South
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Designed and made by JM Zaninetti, University of Orleans, CEDETE Institute
Figure 5.1. Organization of coterminous states into four regions. The fifth region,
comprising the non-coterminous states of Alaska and Hawaii, is not displayed
Cutting through the Yankee heart of the states of the Northeast and North Central
regions is more arbitrary, but the geographical criteria here are least questionable.
The 11 states of the Northeastern Atlantic and the District of Columbia form what is
called the Megalopolis. This region, identified by French geographer Jean Gottmann
[GOT 61], forms the core of Yankee America - the founding region of the nation.
The founding fathers who arrived on the Mayflower landed on the coast of New
England in 1620, but the first English colony in Virginia dates back to 1584. The
religious separatism of the Puritans, in conflict with the Crown of England, had
greater influence on the cultural identity of the United States than the conformism of
Virginians. This same region launched the 1775 uprising against British rule.
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