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ARTICLES RELATED TO New England | | | |  New England: Encyclopedia II - Mill town - New EnglandIn the northeastern United States, and particularly New England, most of these towns were founded in the early to mid 19th century, when the region became a manufacturing powerhouse, along rivers like the Housatonic River, Blackstone River, Merrimack River, Cocheco River, Saco River, Androscoggin River or Winooski River.
Mill town - Museums.
The Millyard Museum, Manchester, NH[1]
The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, along the Blackstone River in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
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| | | | New England: Encyclopedia II - Colonial America - New England For details on each specific colony, see Connecticut Colony, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Province of New Hampshire, and Colony of Rhode Island.
The next successful English colonial venture was of an entirely different sort than the Chesapeake settlements. It was founded by two separate groups of religious dissenters. Both demanded greater church reform and elimination of Catholic elements remaining in the Church of England. But whereas the Pilgrims sought to leave the Church of England, the Puritans wanted to reform it by setting an example of a holy community through ...
See also:Colonial America, Colonial America - Motives for exploration and colonization, Colonial America - Europe, Colonial America - England, Colonial America - Early colonial failure, Colonial America - The Chesapeake, Colonial America - New England, Colonial America - The Pilgrims, Colonial America - The Puritans, Colonial America - The Middle Colonies, Colonial America - The South, Colonial America - The Carolinas, Colonial America - Georgia, Colonial America - Unification of the British colonies, Colonial America - The Great Awakening, Colonial America - The French and Indian War, Colonial America - Ties to the British Empire, Colonial America - From unity to revolution, Colonial America - The Royal Proclamation Read more here: » Colonial America: Encyclopedia II - Colonial America - New England |
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| | | | New England: Encyclopedia II - New England - History
New England - The indigenous peoples of New England.
New England has long been inhabited by Algonquian-speaking native peoples, including the Abenaki, the Penobscot, the Wampanoag, and many others. During the 15th and 16th centuries, Europeans such as Giovanni Verrazano, Jacques Cartier and John Cabot (known as Giovanni Caboto before being based in England) charted the New England coast. They referred to the region as Norumbega, named for a fabulous native city that was supposed to exist there.
See also: List of place names in New England of aboriginal origin.
New England - Early ...
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| | | | New England: Encyclopedia - Aaron Burr, Sr. The Reverend Aaron Burr (January 4, 1716(?) - September 24, 1757) was a notable divine and educator in colonial America. He was a founder of Princeton University and the father of the third United States Vice President Aaron Burr (1756 - 1836).
A native of Connecticut, he attended Yale College (now Yale University), where he obtained a B.A. in 1735. After graduation, he became a Presbyterian minister in Newark, New Jersey; also conducting a school in classical studies there. In 1752, he married Esther Edwards, daughter of the N ...
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| | | | New England: Encyclopedia II - Covered bridge - Covered bridges in North America Such bridges are found in rural areas throughout the United States and Canada, but are often threatened by arsonists, vandals, and flooding. They are also common around eastern Canada and in the United States in places such as Chester County, Pennsylvania and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Lane County, Oregon, Madison County, Iowa and Parke County, Indiana. Parts of Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virgi ...
See also:Covered bridge, Covered bridge - Covered bridges in North America, Covered bridge - Covered bridges in Europe, Covered bridge - Covered bridges in Asia, Covered bridge - Modern covered bridges, Covered bridge - Covered bridges in fiction, Covered bridge - Gallery of Covered Bridges Read more here: » Covered bridge: Encyclopedia II - Covered bridge - Covered bridges in North America |
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| | | | New England: Encyclopedia - Wisconsin glaciation The Wisconsin (in North America), Weichsel (in Scandinavia), Devensian (in the British Isles), Midlandian (in Ireland) and Würm glaciation (in the Alps) are the most recent glaciations of the Pleistocene, which ended around 10,000 BC. The general glacial advance began about 70,000 BC, and reached its maximum extent about 18,000 BC. In Europe, the ice sheet reached northern Germany.
The term ice age can refer to all the periods of glaciation during the late Pliocene and Pleistocene, from 2.5 m ...
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| | | | New England: Encyclopedia - Vitis riparia Vitis riparia Michx, also commonly known as River Bank Grape or Frost Grape, is a native American climbing or trailing vine, widely distributed from Quebec to Texas, and Montana to New England. It is long-lived and capable of reaching into the upper canopy of the tallest trees. Mature vines have loose, fissured bark, and may attain several inches in diameter. Leaves are alternate, often with opposite tendrils or inflorescences, coarsely toothed, 5–25 cm long and 5–20 cm broad, so ...
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