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. 4.1 Limitation of powers Delaware Colony (before 1776 the Lower Counties on Delaware) a proprietary colony established 1664. Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations established 1636 chartered as crown colony in 1663 17 Johan Camargo Carroll (175/sq mi). 8 Demographics Main article: History of the Boston Braves Eastside Medical Center. Access and transportation Libraries 42/6 77/25, 5 Records 11 Libraries Overwatch Open and Overwatch Contenders, Atlanta Hawks Basketball NBA State Farm Arena (18,100) 1946 1968 1 (1958).

Hank Aaron Pickens (127/sq mi) ? ? ? ? ? As the 1950s progressed the reinvigorated Braves became increasingly competitive Sluggers Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron drove the offense (they would hit a combined 1,226 home runs as Braves with 850 of those coming while the franchise was in Milwaukee) often aided by another power hitter Joe Adcock while Warren Spahn Lew Burdette and Bob Buhl anchored the rotation the 1956 Braves finished second only one game behind the Brooklyn Dodgers. Despite their highly technical backgrounds Tech graduates are no strangers to the arts or athletic competition Among them comedian/actor Jeff Foxworthy of Blue Collar Comedy Tour fame and Randolph Scott both called Tech home Several famous athletes have as well; about 150 Tech students have gone into the National Football League (NFL) with many others going into the National Basketball Association (NBA) or Major League Baseball (MLB) Well-known American football athletes include all-time greats such as Joe Hamilton Pat Swilling Billy Shaw and Joe Guyon former Tech head football coaches Pepper Rodgers and Bill Fulcher and recent students such as Calvin Johnson and Tashard Choice Some of Tech's recent entrants into the NBA include Josh Okogie Chris Bosh Derrick Favors Thaddeus Young Jarrett Jack and Iman Shumpert Award-winning baseball stars include Kevin Brown Mark Teixeira Nomar Garciaparra and Jason Varitek in golf Tech alumni include the legendary Bobby Jones who founded the Masters and David Duval who was ranked the No 1 golfer in the world in 1999. Beginning in 1609 Dutch traders explored and established fur trading posts on the Hudson River Delaware River and Connecticut River seeking to protect their interests in the fur trade the Dutch West India Company established permanent settlements on the Hudson River creating the Dutch colony of New Netherland in 1626 Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from the Lenape Indians and established the outpost of New Amsterdam Relatively few Dutch settled in New Netherland but the colony came to dominate the regional fur trade it also served as the base for extensive trade with the English colonies and many products from New England and Virginia were carried to Europe on Dutch ships the Dutch also engaged in the burgeoning Atlantic slave trade supplying enslaved Africans to the English colonies in North America and Barbados the West India Company desired to grow New Netherland as it became commercially successful yet the colony failed to attract the same level of settlement as the English colonies did Many of those who did immigrate to the colony were English German Walloon or Sephardim! While their rivalry with the Philadelphia Phillies lacks the history and hatred of the Mets it has been the more important one in the last decade Between 1993 and 2013 the two teams reigned almost exclusively as NL East champions the exceptions being in 2006 when the Mets won their first division title since 1988 (no division titles were awarded in 1994 due to the player's strike) and in 2012 when the Washington Nationals claimed their first division title since 1981 when playing as the Montreal Expos the Phillies 1993 championship was also part of a four-year reign of exclusive division championships by the Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates their in-state rivals While rivalries are generally characterized by mutual hatred the Braves and Phillies deeply respect each other Each game played (18 games in 2011) is vastly important between these two NL East giants but at the end of the day they are very similar organizations Overall the Braves have one more National League East division title than the Phillies having won 12 times each since 1969 with the Braves holding it for eleven consecutive years from 1995 through 2005. Transportation There are 63 parks in Georgia 48 of which are state parks and 15 that are historic sites and numerous state wildlife preserves under the supervision of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Other historic sites and parks are supervised by the National Park Service and include the Andersonville National Historic Site in Andersonville; Appalachian National Scenic Trail; Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area near Atlanta; Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park at Fort Oglethorpe; Cumberland Island National Seashore near St Marys; Fort Frederica National Monument on St Simons Island; Fort Pulaski National Monument in Savannah; Jimmy Carter National Historic Site near Plains; Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park near Kennesaw; Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site in Atlanta; Ocmulgee National Monument at Macon; Trail of Tears National Historic Trail; and the Okefenokee Swamp in Waycross Georgia.