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Today, New England is defined as the six states of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. [43] New England's economic growth relied heavily on trade with the British Empire, [44] and the region's merchants and politicians strongly opposed trade restrictions.
2 days ago · New England. New England, region, northeastern United States, including the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region was named by Capt. John Smith, who explored its shores in 1614 for some London merchants. New England was soon settled by English Puritans whose aversion to idleness and ...
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The name, “New England”, was first given to the region of the present-day northeastern United States by English ship Captain John Smith, who explored the shores of the region in 1614. The first Europeans to settle in New England were two groups of people known as Pilgrims and Puritans. The Pilgrims, called Separatists in England, were people who we...
The total land area of New England is 71,991.8 sq. miles (186,458 sq. km). Nearly half of the region’s land area consists solely of the state of Maine. Rhode Island is the smallest state, not only in New England, but in the entire country. The other New England states are also among the country’s smallest. For a small region, New England is quite g...
As of 2020, New England had a total population of 15,116,205. Massachusetts is the most populous of the New England states, with a population of about 6.9 million, while Vermont, with a population of less than 629,000 is the least populous. In fact, Vermont is the 2ndleast populous state in the entire U.S. Only Wyoming has a smaller population. New...
Nov 20, 2018 · He called it “New England,” and the name stuck. The map above, first published in 1616, marks the first time anyone called New England “New England.”. Two years before, after being shut ...
Feb 9, 2024 · The Dominion of New England was a colonial administrative union created by King James II in 1686. It aimed to centralize control over the New England colonies by merging them under a single royal governor, Sir Edmund Andros. The Dominion faced resistance due to its imposition of strict royal authority and reduction of colonial autonomy.
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British America comprised the colonial territories of the English Empire, and the successor British Empire, in the Americas from 1607 to 1783. These colonies were formally known as British America and the British West Indies immediately prior to thirteen of the colonies seceding in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) and forming the United States of America.
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The New England Confederation. ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION between the plantations under the government of the Massachusetts, the plantations under the government of New Plymouth, the plantations under the government of Connecticut, and the government of New Haven with the plantations in combination therewith: WHEREAS we all came into these parts ...
