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New Haven Colony was an English colony from 1638 to 1664 that included settlements on the north shore of Long Island Sound, with outposts in modern-day New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. [1]
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New England Colonies Coat of Arms/Seal Name Capital Year(s) Colony type Notes Plymouth: Plymouth: 1620–1686 1689–1691: Self-governing: Merged into the Dominion of New England in 1686, reformed in 1689, and then merged into Massachusetts in 1691 Massachusetts Bay: Charlestown Salem Boston: 1628–1686 1689–1691: Self-governing
A Map of New England. A Map of New England, officially entitled A map of New-England, being the first that ever was here cut, and done by the best pattern that could be had, which being in some places defective, it made the other less exact: Yet doth it sufficiently show the situation of the country & conveniently well the distances of places, is an early regional map of New England, published ...
founded by New Englanders near Fort Huis de Goed Hoop: Quetenesse: Dutch Island: RI: 1636: nearby Fort Ninigret may have been Dutch or Portuguese Nieuwe Haarlem: Harlem, New York: NY: 1637: municipal charter in 1652 Pelham: Pelham: NY: 1637: New Englander's homestead New Haven Colony: New Haven: CT: 1638: New Englander towns found at mouth of ...
Permanent school that grew out of a meeting of New Haven citizens in 1864. New Haven architect Henry Austin donated the design. Used as a school until 1874 when African-American children began attending previously all white public schools. The building was then used by African-American community organizations. [19] 24
Guilford was admitted to New Haven Colony in 1643. [10] In 1664, New Haven Colony, including Guilford, joined Connecticut Colony. 1838 view of Guilford from the Green showing (left to right) the Academy, the Congregational Church, and the Town House. The English settlement originally shared the name Menunkatuck with the Quinnipiac village.
New England is the oldest clearly defined region of the United States, being settled more than 150 years before the American Revolution.The first colony in New England was Plymouth Colony, established in 1620 by the Puritan Pilgrims who were fleeing religious persecution in England.