<P> The New England Colonies of British America included Connecticut Colony , Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , Massachusetts Bay Colony , and the Province of New Hampshire , as well as a few smaller short - lived colonies . The New England colonies were part of the Thirteen Colonies and eventually became five of the six states in New England . Captain John Smith 's 1616 work A Description of New England first applied the term `` New England '' to the coastal lands from Long Island Sound to Newfoundland . </P>
<P> The New England Colonies of British America included Connecticut Colony , Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , Massachusetts Bay Colony , and the Province of New Hampshire , as well as a few smaller short - lived colonies . The New England colonies were part of the Thirteen Colonies and eventually became five of the six states in New England . Captain John Smith 's 1616 work A Description of New England first applied the term `` New England '' to the coastal lands from Long Island Sound to Newfoundland . </P>
what are the colonies in the new england colonies
what are the colonies in the new england colonies
Connecticut Colony , Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , Massachusetts Bay Colony , and the Province of New Hampshire , as well as a few smaller short - lived colonies
Connecticut Colony , Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , Massachusetts Bay Colony , and the Province of New Hampshire , as well as a few smaller short - lived colonies