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- New England Colonies - Wikipedia
The New England Colonies of English and 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
- History of New England - Wikipedia
History of New England New England is the oldest clearly defined region of the United States, being settled more than 150 years before the American Revolution The first colony in New England was Plymouth Colony, established in 1620 by the Puritan Pilgrims who were fleeing religious persecution in England
- Thirteen Colonies - Wikipedia
The Thirteen Colonies were the British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America which broke away from the British Crown in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and joined to form the United States of America The Thirteen Colonies in their traditional groupings were: the New England Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut); the Middle Colonies (New
- New England Confederation - Wikipedia
The United Colonies of New England, commonly known as the New England Confederation, was a confederal alliance of the New England colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Saybrook (Connecticut), and New Haven formed in May 1643, during the English Civil War Its primary purpose was to unite the Puritan colonies in support of the Congregational church, and for defense against the Native
- Plantations of New England - Wikipedia
Though agricultural activity existed in New England before early colonial settlers arrived, land was barely touched relative to the massive plantation scales seen in England at the time As such, early settlers were greeted with great opportunities to utilize the kinds of land use improvements previously implemented in England [4] Up until the colonial time period, there was a significant
- Dominion of New England - Wikipedia
The Dominion of New England in America (1686–1689) was a short-lived administrative union of English colonies covering all of New England and the Mid-Atlantic Colonies, with the exception of the Delaware Colony and the Province of Pennsylvania The region's political structure was one of centralized control similar to the model used by the Spanish monarchy under the Viceroyalty of New Spain
- Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations - Wikipedia
Dominion of New England In the 1680s, Charles II sought to centralize administration of the English colonies and to more closely control their trade The Navigation Acts passed in the 1660s were widely disliked, since merchants often found themselves trapped and at odds with the rules
- New England - Wikipedia
In the late 18th century, political leaders from the New England colonies initiated resistance to Britain's taxes without the consent of the colonists Residents of Rhode Island captured and burned a British Royal Navy ship which was enforcing unpopular trade restrictions, and residents of Boston threw British tea into the harbor
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