A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation â Reflections on the Revolution in France]
Maine is both the northernmost state in New England and the largest, accounting for almost half the region's entire land area. Maine is the only state to border only one other state (New Hampshire to the west).
The war that made Maine a state. The British occupation of eastern Maine in the War of 1812 prompted a split from Massachusetts. EASTPORT â In the late afternoon of July 18, 1814, the soldiers manning Fort Sullivan were greeted with an awesome and frightening sight.