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5 days ago · New England, region, northeastern United States, including the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region was named by Captain John Smith, who explored its shores in 1614 for some London merchants.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 days ago · Having undergone a remarkable transformation over the past half-century, Providence has emerged as New England’s creative capital. Once an industrialized port town, the “Renaissance City ...
3 days ago · A system pushing eastward will bring possible heavy rainfall from New England southeastward through the mid-Atlantic into the Upper Ohio and Tennessee Valleys on Sunday. The National Weather...
1 day ago · The New York Giants have had many memorable games in their 100-year history, but the very best might very well have been the stunning upset over an undefeated New England Patriots team in Super ...
3 days ago · USA TODAY. 0:03. 1:23. Parts of New England were placed under tornado watches and warnings Sunday afternoon as the region faces severe storms, forecasters said. The National Weather Service put a ...
3 days ago · Detail of a 17th-century map of New England with the Plymouth colony appearing opposite the tip of Cape Cod. (more) Although the Pilgrims were always a minority in Plymouth, they nevertheless controlled the entire governmental structure of their colony during the first four decades of settlement.
3 days ago · The American Revolution was an insurrection carried out by 13 of Great Britain ’s North American colonies that began in 1775 and ended with a peace treaty in 1783. The colonies won political independence and went on to form the United States of America.
