USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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. It became hilly and mountainous further inland.

Detailed explanation-3: -The middle colonies included Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware.

Detailed explanation-4: -The territory of Maine had been a part of Massachusetts, but it was granted statehood on March 15, 1820, as part of the Missouri Compromise. Today, New England is defined as the six states of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

Detailed explanation-5: -At the same time, the area known as New England was first settled by the British, starting with the Plymouth colony in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts. Due to this decades-long gap before the British overtook New Netherlands, New York is not considered part of New England.