New England Colonies
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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
State CT Original Seal
Seal of the Dominion of New England
The colonial history of the United States covers the period of European colonization of North America from the early 16th century until the unifying of thirteen British colonies and creation of the Un
The cover of Interview of Samoset with the Pilgrims, an 1853 book depicting Samoset's meeting the Pilgrims on March 16, 1621
The Spaniard Juan Ponce de León, who named and explored Florida in 1513
The ruins of the Spanish Mission San Juan Capistrano in present-day San Juan Capistrano, California
The Italian explorer Enrico Tonti, who founded the first European settlement in Illinois in 1679 and in Arkansas in 1683, known as Poste de Arkansea, making him "The Father of Arkansas". He co-founded New Orleans, and was governor of the Louisiana Territory for the next 20 years.