By: Cindy

Official Bird- Wood Thrush

Official Flower: American Beauty Rose

Official Tree- Scarlet Oak

My HomeWashington DC is the Federal Territory that I call home, it is on the east coast of Washington DC is the Federal Territory that I call home, it is on the east coast of America, bordering both Maryland and Virginia. Previously it was inhabited by America, bordering both Maryland and Virginia. Previously it was inhabited by

Native Americans before the European settlers came.Native Americans before the European settlers came.

The Native Americans lived by the Anacostia River and in other areas near there, The Native Americans lived by the Anacostia River and in other areas near there, when the European settlers came, they fought over grazing rights. In the end when the European settlers came, they fought over grazing rights. In the end they built a fort and two years later, the Conoy (Piscataway) left west to the they built a fort and two years later, the Conoy (Piscataway) left west to the

Point of Rocks in western Maryland. Many different tribes of Native American like Point of Rocks in western Maryland. Many different tribes of Native American like the Nacotchtank , Patawomeck and Conoy lived on various sides of the federal the Nacotchtank , Patawomeck and Conoy lived on various sides of the federal

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Washington DC is also known as the Washington DC is also known as the District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia after Christopher after Christopher ColumbusColumbus

Native American Tribe Map

Christopher Columbus

Historical Factors

Washington DC was founded in 1790

It was planned out/designed to be a beautiful city

Designed by Major Pierre Charles L’Enfant at approximately 1791

The city was and still is, centered around the government

An interesting fact is that Captain John Smith (Pocahontas's husband), explored there in the early 1600s along with other British soldiers!

They came there to explore some of the Chesapeake Bay

Warehouses and wharves were built in the early settlements there, so the settlement grew very quickly.

Major Pierre Charles L’Enfant- a French man

Captain John Smith

Washington DC Plan

Environmental FactorsIt is on the Potomac River and there are the marshlands next to the Potomac River

Bordered by cultivated flatlands to the south and east, ideal for crops

Gentle hills found to the north of Washington DC

Rock Creek--coming from the northwestern plateau and into the Potomac

Average elevation point -46 meters

Highest point of elevation about 125 meters (410 feet) northwest in Tenleytown. Lowest point is in Potomac, only a foot above sea level!

It is an enclave of western Maryland, fully within the Atlantic Coastal Plain

Abundant and varying in species of wildlife

Potomac River connects with largest estuary in the USA (Chesapeake Bay).

Many cherry blossom trees grow there, they also celebrate the National Cherry Blossom Festival to commemorate the Japanese cherry trees that Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo sent to Washington DC in 1912.

Statistical Factors

A population of 599,657 as of 2009A population of 599,657 as of 2009

Life expectancy: 72 years oldLife expectancy: 72 years old

Center of African American Culture, Center of African American Culture, African Americans take up more than African Americans take up more than half of the residentshalf of the residents

Port for shipments of tobacco and Port for shipments of tobacco and goods of colonial Maryland, assisting in goods of colonial Maryland, assisting in tradetrade

African American Civil War Statue

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THANKS!

Thanks for listening! Hope you learned a lot more, because I

learned more about my birth territory that I had never knew before!