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The
East Coast of the United States, also known as
the "Eastern Seaboard" or "Atlantic Seaboard",
refers to the easternmost coastal states in the
central and northern United States, which touch
the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. In
a geographical sense, the term Eastern
Seaboard is widely used; in popular usage,
the term "East Coast" is most often used to
specifically refer to the northern half of this
region, which is also known as the Northeastern
U.S. The southern half of this region is
frequently considered to belong more strongly
to the South or Southeast. Major cities include
Washington, New York City, Philadelphia,
Boston, Baltimore, Atlanta, Jacksonville and
Miami.
The
very rapid demographic growth was due to
enormous amounts of good land, ample food, and
a favorable disease environment. The Americans
doubled in number every 25 years by natural
increase. This was augmented before 1775 by
steady flows of new migrants from Britain, as
well as large numbers from Germany, plus slave
purchases. Immigration fell off after 1775,
then resumed about 1840. Millions of "old"
immigrants came from Britain, Ireland, Germany
and Scandinavia before 1890, and even more
millions came from Southern and Eastern Europe
between 1890 and 1914, when war and immigration
restrictions stopped most population movement.
Large scale immigration did not resume until
the 1960s.
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