SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
Southwest of the U.S
|
|
|
Northeast of the U.S
|
|
|
Southeast of the U.S
|
|
|
West of the U.S
|
Detailed explanation-1: -New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick to the northeast and Quebec to the north.
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: -Who named New England? Capt. John Smith named the region New England after he explored its shores in 1614 for some London merchants.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Northeast is a region of the United States that includes the New England region and the Middle Atlantic states. The Northeast includes the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.