{"id":11,"date":"2020-01-21T16:37:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T16:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/state-of-maine\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2020-06-12T14:39:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T14:39:24","slug":"exhibits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/state-of-maine\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/state-of-maine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2020\/01\/State_of_Maine_Header_11x4-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/state-of-maine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2020\/01\/State_of_Maine_Header_11x4-small.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/state-of-maine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2020\/01\/State_of_Maine_Header_11x4-small-300x109.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Nurembega, Country of the Mawooshen, Dawnland, New Somerset, Vacationland, The Pine Tree State, The Way Life Should Be<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>On March 15, 1820 Maine became the 23<sup>rd<\/sup> state in the Union. This year, we mark the 200<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of statehood by exploring Bowdoin\u2019s archive to look closely at this history.<\/p>\n<p>Indigenous people have resided in areas across this region for centuries\u2014we stand on the ancestral lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy\u2014while the first European settlers colonized Maine in the early 17<sup>th<\/sup> century. The district was gradually appropriated by Massachusetts beginning in 1651.<\/p>\n<p>The call for Maine\u2019s independence from Massachusetts began long before 1820, with the first attempts beginning in the early 1700s as a growing demographic felt underrepresented by their faraway government in Boston. While the Coasting Law of 1789 bound commercial traders\u2019 allegiance to Massachusetts, inland tensions rose over land claims that would be remediated by independence. &nbsp;Between 1792 and 1819 there were over six distinct (and contentious) elections for separation submitted to the General Court. By the time statehood was actually feasible, the debate fell along party lines: &nbsp;Republicans (Jeffersonians) supporting an independent Maine and the Federalists making up the minority opposition. Statehood was achieved in 1820 under the Missouri Compromise, representing further moral dilemma and ethical debates within the separation movement\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">The story of Maine and its statehood is complex and complicated. We hope you are inspired to learn more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/state-of-maine\/exhibit-gallery\/\">Enter the exhibit here:<\/a> <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/state-of-maine\/exhibit-gallery\/\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-78\" src=\"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/state-of-maine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2020\/01\/mainemap-dkgr150.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"131\"><\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>A Note on Sources: <\/strong>the materials in Bowdoin\u2019s historic collections routinely reflect dominant perspectives due to historic collecting practices. It is the work of scholars, librarians, and archivists to build representative collections and to read through the absences to build a broader understanding of our history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nurembega, Country of the Mawooshen, Dawnland, New Somerset, Vacationland, The Pine Tree State, The Way Life Should Be? On March 15, 1820 Maine became the 23rd state in the Union. This year, we mark the 200th anniversary of statehood by exploring Bowdoin\u2019s archive to look closely at this history. 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