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'''Maine''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-Maine-pronunciation.ogg|m|eɪ|n}} {{respell|MAYN}})<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Maine|accessdate=2024-03-08}}</ref> is a [[U.S. state|state]] in the [[New England]] region of the [
The territory of Maine has been inhabited by [[Native Americans in the United States|Indigenous populations]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indigenous Peoples of North America|url=https://www.gale.com/c/indigenous-peoples-north-america-part-i|access-date=2023-12-17|website=www.gale.com|language=en}}</ref> for thousands of years after the glaciers retreated during the [[Last Glacial Period|last ice age]]. At the time of European arrival, several [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]-speaking nations governed the area and these nations are now known as the [[Wabanaki Confederacy]]. The first European settlement in the area was by the French in 1604 on [[Saint Croix Island, Maine|Saint Croix Island]], founded by [[Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons]]. The first English settlement was the short-lived [[Popham Colony]], established by the [[Plymouth Company]] in 1607. A number of English settlements were established along the coast of Maine in the 1620s, although the rugged climate and conflict with the local [[Indigenous people]] caused many to fail. As Maine entered the 18th century, only a half dozen European settlements had survived. [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]] and [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot]] forces contended for Maine's territory during the [[American Revolution]]. During the [[War of 1812]], the largely undefended eastern region of Maine was occupied by British forces with the goal of annexing it to [[British North America|Canada]] via the [[New Ireland (Maine)|Colony of New Ireland]], but returned to the United States following failed British offensives on the northern border, mid-Atlantic and south which produced a [[Treaty of Ghent|peace treaty]] that restored the pre-war boundaries. Maine was part of the [[Commonwealth of Massachusetts]] until 1820 when it voted to secede from Massachusetts to become a separate state. On March 15, 1820, under the [[Missouri Compromise]], it was [[Admission to the Union|admitted to the Union]] as the 23rd state.
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