Facts about State

• The population of New York is 19.9 million.• New York has made more Roman Catholics than any other state about 6.5 million.• New York ranks second, behind California, as the nation’s leading manufacturing state.

Roman Catholic Symbol

Three Natural Resources

Birch Tree

• Birch trees are generally small to medium-sized trees.• A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunes, and is a fleshy drupe.• Maple trees are a genus of trees or shrubs commonly known as maple.

CherriesMaple Tree

Three State Symbols• The bluebirds are a group of medium-sized, mostly insectivorous or

omnivorous bird in the order of Passerines in the genus Sialia of the thrush family.

• The motto of New York is Excelsior it means higher, superior, lordly common translated as ``Ever Upward.’’

• The Maple tree is the state tree of New York it was adopted as state tree in 1956.

Blue BirdNew York Motto Maple Tree

Major Attractions• One World Trade Center is America's tallest building it stands

at 1,776 ft. It includes 69 office floors, restaurants, and an observation deck.

• Empire state building used to be America's tallest building in the 20th century. It includes an observation deck, and its undergoing one of the world's fastest elevators.

• Times Square in New York City is the heart of the theater district, with more than thirty-five nearby theaters.

• The capital of New York is Albany it includes the Empire State Plaza.

Empire State Building

One World Trade Center

Times Square

Brief Geography • New York is divided up into seven major regions St. Lawrence Lowland, the

Adirondack Upland, and the Great Lakes Lowlands are in the north; and the Hudson Mohawk Lowland, the New England Upland, the Atlantic Coastal Plain, and the Appalachian Plateau in the south.

Governor Andrew Cuomo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Cuomo

License Plate and Quarters• On the New York license plate it has the state with the

name and says the empire state. The empire state is commonly referred to its wealth and resources. On the state quarter it has the statue of liberty with the state and it says the gateway to freedom. It was called this because most migrants had to go through Ellis Island in New York to come to America.

Three Famous People • Martin Van Buren was famous for being

President of the United States.• Michael Jorden was a professional basketball

player.• Theodore Roosevelt was also famous for

being President of the United States.

Michael JordonTheodore Roosevelt

Cites• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebird

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_New_York#Excelsior• http://www.newyorkcity.uk/freedom-tower-one-world-trade-center-new-york/

• http://www.esbnyc.com/sites/default/files/esb_fact_sheet_4_9_14_4.pdf

• http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.372450!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_970/amd-freedom-tower-jpg.jpg

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany,_New_York

• http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Geography_of_New_York

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_the_name_%22Empire_State%22● http://www.answers.com/Q/

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