Maine prepared for statehood in December 1819. Maine became the twenty-third state in March 15,1820. Portland was chosen as the Capital. But in 1832 the capital moved to Augusta because of its central location. In Maine slavery had always been illegal and entered as a free state. Maine men joined the union forces during the American Civil war in 1865.
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French and Indian war
The French and Indian war stared in 1755 and ended in the 1763.Rather Maine and the Mid coast region in particular was caught up in related local cultures. north America would continue in Maine for the next 150 years. The French and Indian war was in Maine and Maine won in the war. Maine was part of the wars.
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