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* the western barrier to the Coastal Plain is the eastern slope of the Appalachian Mountains

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|[[File:AppalachianLocatorMap2.png|thumb|AppalachianLocatorMap2|alt=|border|none]][[File:Appalachian region of United States.png|thumb|'''Appalachian region of United States'''|alt=|none]]

|'''APPALACHIAN REGION'''

* after Britain defeated France in the 1854-63 French-Indian War, the entire Appalachian region (and all lands up to the Mississippi River) became British

** however, the British King prohibited American colonists from occupying it

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|INTERIOR LOWLANDS

|[[File:Satellite image illustrating the Great Plains.jpg|thumb|Satellite image illustrating the Great Plains|alt=Satellite image illustrating the Great Plains.jpg|border|none]][[File:Map of Great Plains.svg|thumb|'''Great Plains region'''|alt=|none]]

|'''GREAT PLAINS REGION'''

|[[File:RockyMountains-Range.svg|thumb|RockyMountains-Range|alt=RockyMountains-Range.svg|border|none]]

|'''ROCKY MOUNTAINS REGION'''

** the "'''Continental Divide'''" is in the Rocky Mountains, marking the point at which the land descends to the east or the west

* important rivers flow from origins in the Rocky Mountains

|[[File:Basin and Range Province Boundaries and Landmarks.svg|thumb|One of various geographical definitions of the Province|alt=|none]][[File:GB-Definition-Map.jpg|thumb|The hydrographic Great Basin (magenta outline), distinguished from the Great Basin Desert (black), and the Basin and Range Geological Province (teal).[3]|alt=|border|none]][[File:Great Basin map.gif|thumb|Great Basin map|alt=Great Basin map.gif|border|none]]

|'''BASIN AND RANGE'''

* the '''Range''' includes mountains from which water flows into the Great Basin  

** the western border of the Range are the '''Sierra Nevada Mountains'''

|[[File:California Mountain Ranges.png|thumb|Northern and Southern Coast Ranges and other major mountain ranges of California|alt=|border|none]]

|'''PACIFIC COASTAL RANGE'''

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|[[File:Map of Major Rivers in US.png|thumb|Map of Major Rivers in US|alt=|border|none]]

|'''BIG IDEAS'''

* Ohio River

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|[[File:US map - rivers and lakes3.jpg|thumb|US map - rivers and lakes3|alt=|border|none]]

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** all Virginia rivers flow towards the Atlantic  

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|[[File:Chesapeake bay watershed map.jpg|thumb|The Chesapeake Bay watershed|alt=A rough map of the Chesapeake Bay watershed with blue lines for rivers drawn on top.]]

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=== Virginia maps ===  

=== Native American regions of North America ===

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[[File:NativeAmericanRegions map 1.jpg|thumb|'''Major Regions of North America'''|alt=|none]][[File:Langs N.Amer.png|thumb|Language families of Indigenous peoples in North America: shown across present-day Canada, Greenland, the United States, and northern Mexico|alt=|none]]

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"

|[[File:North American cultural areas.png|Cultural areas of North America at time of European contact|alt=|border|none|thumb]]

|}[[File:Early indian east.jpg|thumb|Eastern tribes & general language groups, pre-colonial era|alt=Early indian east.jpg|none]]

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|1748

|[[File:Nouvelle-France map-fr.svg|thumb|Map showing French possessions in North America just before the French-Indian War (1754)|alt=|border|none]]

* the red (British) and blue (French) territories are separated by the Appalachian Mountains

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|1775

|[[File:Map Thirteen Colonies 1775.svg|thumb|Map Thirteen Colonies 1775|alt=|none]]