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The history of the American colonies is thick with names from New England, including many places people can visit now: battle sites, graveyards, and homes of writers, thinkers, and heroes. In Plymouth, MA, you can see Plymouth Rock and tour a replica of the Mayflower.
Being one of the earliest areas of the "New World" that was settled by the English, history is at every turn, and many towns across the six states are a living museum of the colonial period, along with their unique flair and character that never fail to entice every visitor.
John Foster’s A Map of New-England (1677) depicts New England as far north as the White Mountains and just west of the Connecticut River and documents the rapid expansion of the Massachusetts colony. Foster locates dozens of towns, including the first appearances of many towns in what are now the western suburbs of Boston and along the ...
The lesson focuses on two 17th-century maps of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to trace how the Puritans took possession of the region, built towns, and established families on the land. Students will learn how these New England settlers interacted with the Native Americans, and how to gain information about those relationships from primary ...
Colonial Maps of New England. Beautiful old maps of New England and North America. We have a selection of Paper Reprints and CDROM with 30 maps.
Colonial America: Interactive Map. Click each label on the map to learn about the four settlements. Map of the Eastern United States with Four Settlements Labeled. Plymouth New Amsterdam Jamestown Roanoke. British Puritans, in search of religious freedom, founded the settlement of Plymouth in 1620. Plymouth is located on the Atlantic coast of ...
This is an original map created in 1776 which shows New England in Colonial times. The map is labeled, "Bowles's map of the seat of war in New England. Comprehending the provinces of Massachusetts Bay, and New Hampshire; with the colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island; divided into their townships; from the best authorities."
The increased interest shown after 1600 by Europeans in the colonization of North America is concisely shown in this map. It shows the English colonies established by 1620 in Virginia and New England, together with the new Dutch colony of the New Netherlands.
Witness to America's Past. MHS Collecting History. MHS 225th Anniversary. This is the first map known to have been published in the English colonies of North America, and it is probably the first map published in the Western Hemisphere.
New England Colonies in 1677. In 1677, Massachusetts was made up of Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony plus the areas of New Hampshire, Maine, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket. The colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island were originally settled by people from Massachusetts. Map by National Geographic Society.