Category: New England Colonies

Categories: Thirteen Colonies | Massachusetts History

New-England Colony, September 6, 1628 – March 4, 1629

The New England Colonies included the colonies of Massachusetts Bay Colony, Connecticut Colony, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and Province of New Hampshire. They were part of the Thirteen Colonies including the Middle Colonies and the Southern Colonies. These were early colonies of what would later be the states in New England. Captain John Smith, of Pocahontas fame, was the author of "A Description of New England" published in 1616. Which is credited with first applying the term "New England" to coastal lands of North America from the Long Island Sound to Newfoundland. Wikipedia: New England Colonies

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