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States of the North East USA (With Hints) - Statistics

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Answer A bit of a hint % Correct
Maine This name could be shorthand for 'the mainland'.
100%
New England Connecticut The state's name comes from the Mohegan word 'quonehtacut', meaning 'place of the long tidal river'.
95%
New York Charles II gave this to his brother, the Duke of ____. This position is today held by the king or queen's second son.
95%
New Hampshire Named after a county on the south coast of England, by John Mason. He drew up the first English map of Newfoundland, but he never actually got to New England.
92%
Mid Atlantic New Jersey This was named after the largest island in the English Channel.
92%
Rhode Island It's possible that Dutch captain Adriaen Block saw this region and noticed its red autumnal leaves: he called it 'een rodlich Eylande'.
92%
Massachusetts Named after the area's original inhabitants. Their name may come in turn from 'muswach8sut' in the Wôpanâak language: 'by the great hill'.
89%
Vermont A French mariner, Samuel de Champlain, called it (in French) a 'green mountain'.
86%
Pennsylvania William Penn was a Quaker who founded a colony here. Its name indicates woods belonging to him.
84%
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