id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7639 New England - Wikipedia .html text/html 18338 2145 66 New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.[4][5][6][7][8][9] It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick to the northeast and Quebec to the north. Massachusetts Puritans began to establish themselves in Connecticut as early as 1633.[27] Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts for heresy, led a group south, and founded Providence Plantation in the area that became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in 1636.[28][29] At this time, Vermont was uncolonized, and the territories of New Hampshire and Maine were claimed and governed by Massachusetts. Three-quarters of the population of New England, and most of the major cities, are in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Year Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont New England United States ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7639.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7639.txt