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緬因於1820年3月15日成為美國的一州
我們並不十分清楚從5千年以前就住在這裡的「紅漆」人的歷史，我們只知道他們習慣用紅色的黏土在死去親人的墓地上畫線。在哥倫布發現西印度群島的5百年前，列弗‧愛利克森 (Leif
Ericson) 和他的維京夥伴在緬因州登陸。在1604年，這片土地成為法國的一省。而法國與英國也經常為這塊土地發生爭執，一直到英國在1763年打敗法國與印第安人之後，爭執才告平息。在美國獨立革命結束之後，緬因原本是麻州的一省。但是麻州卻無法保護緬因，使其免於在1812年戰爭中不受到英國的襲擊。
We don't know much about the "Red Paint" people, the first inhabitants of the area 5,000 years ago, except that they used red clay to line the graves of their dead. Five hundred years before Columbus reached the West Indies, Leif Ericson and his Vikings landed on the Maine coast. In 1604, the land was part of a French province. Control of the land was in dispute between the French and the British until the British took ownership after their victory in the French and Indian War in 1763. After the American Revolution, Maine was a province of Massachusetts. People living in the area began to demand statehood after Massachusetts failed to provide adequate protection against British raids during the War of 1812.
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