Provides a brief historical account of each state along with a map.

Includes index. Originally published in TIME For Kids: Our United States and Other U.S. Lands.

Tribal nations before European settlement -- European settlement -- Westward expansion -- The United States today -- The states. Alabama -- Alaska -- Arizona -- Arkansas -- California -- Colorado -- Connecticut -- Delaware -- Florida -- Georgia -- Hawaii -- Idaho -- Illinois -- Indiana -- Iowa -- Kansas -- Kentucky -- Louisiana -- Maine -- Maryland -- Massachusetts -- Michigan -- Minnesota -- Mississippi -- Missouri -- Montana -- Nebraska -- Nevada -- New Hampshire -- New Jersey -- New Mexico -- New York -- North Carolina -- North Dakota -- Ohio -- Oklahoma -- Oregon -- Pennsylvania -- Rhode Island -- South Carolina -- South Dakota -- Tennessee -- Texas -- Utah -- Vermont -- Virginia -- Washington -- West Virginia -- Wisconsin -- Wyoming -- Other U.S. lands. Washington D.C. -- U.S. territories and commonwealths -- Regions. The northeast -- The south -- The midwest -- The west.