New England

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New England

• Steve Brannan

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New England History

• Northeastern corner of U.S.
• Smallest region
• Uniformed heritage
• European settlement 1600s
• Plymouth Rock 1621
• Six States

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Connecticut

• Mohegan Indian word meaning Long river Place
• Puritans 1633
• 1st Constitution Fundamental Orders 1639
• Admitted to Union 1788 (5th)

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Maine

• French settlement 1604
• Current boundaries 1652
• Part of Massachusetts originally
• Admitted to Union 1820 (23rd)

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Massachusetts

• Named for Algonquian Indian tribe
• Plymouth settled by Pilgrims 1621
• Center of American Revolution
• John Hancock 1st Governor
• Admitted to Union 1788 (6th)

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New Hampshire

• First explored 1600
• First settled 1623
• First state to declare independence from Britain
• Admitted to Union 1788 (9th)

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Rhode Island

• Dutch explorer Block arrived 1614
• Roger Williams banished from Mass. 1636
• King Philips War began here 1675
• Admitted to Union 1790 (13th)

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Vermont

• Lake Champlain claimed by French explorer Samuel
  de Champlain
• Part of New France
• First permanent English settlement Fort Dummer
• Admitted to Union 1791 (14th)