SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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Rhode Island, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York
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Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut
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Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Boston, Salem, New York
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Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Plymouth
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Detailed explanation-1: -The New England Colonies of British America included Connecticut Colony, the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Colony, and the Province of New Hampshire, as well as a few smaller short-lived colonies.
Detailed explanation-2: -The New England colonies were the northernmost of the colonies: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The other nine colonies were New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware (the Middle colonies) and Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia (the Southern colonies).
Detailed explanation-3: -The New England colonies were made up of the colonies of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. The New England colonies were flat along the rocky coastline, which made good harbors.
Detailed explanation-4: -Connecticut. Connecticut was the fifth of the 13 colonies. It was not actually considered a colony until 1636, but colonists began forming towns and cities in 1635.
Detailed explanation-5: -The five Southern Colonies of Colonial America composed of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.