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  New England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The name New England dates to the earliest days of European settlement: in 1616 Captain John Smith described the area in a pamphlet "New England." The name was officially sanctioned in 1620 by the grant of King James I to the Plymouth Council for New England.
New England led the rest of the country in abolishing the death penalty for crimes like robbery and burglary in the 19th century.
New England is also the setting for most of the gothic horror stories of H.P. Lovecraft, most probably because he lived his life in Providence, Rhode Island.
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 New England (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New England is a region of the north-eastern United States of America, now regarded as comprising the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
New England, North Dakota is a town in the American state of North Dakota.
New England is a suburb in the UK city of Peterborough.
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Manhattan is connected by bridges and tunnels to New Jersey to the west, the Bronx to the northeast and Brooklyn and Queens on Long Island to the east and south.
New York County is named in honor of the Duke of York, later to become the Catholic James II of England, after whom the City and State of New York were also named.
In 1873, the western portion of the present Bronx County was transferred to New York County, and in 1895 the remainder of the present Bronx County was transferred to New York County.
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 New_England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
New England lead the rest of the country in abolishing the death penalty for crimes like robbery and burglary in the 19th century.
New England is also home to many of the United States' most prominent independent schools (also known as private schools), such as Philips Andover in Massachusetts, St.
New England's coast is dotted with urban centers, such as New Haven, Boston, Portsmouth, and Portland, as well as smaller cities, like Gloucester and Newburyport.
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 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Aside from the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, or "New Scotland", New England is the only American region to inherit the name of a former kingdom of the British Isles.
The first settlers of New England were focused on maritime affairs such as whaling and fishing, rather than more continental inclinations such as farming.
New England is also the setting for most of the gothic horror stories of H.P. Lovecraft, mostly because he lived his life in Providence, Rhode Island.
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 John Winthrop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Winthrop was convinced that God would punish England for its heresy, and believed that English Puritans needed a shelter away from England where they could remain safe during the time of God's wrath.
Charles I of England was apparently unaware that the colony was to be anything other than a commercial venture to America.
She gave birth to six children in England before they immigrated to New England (The Governor, three of his sons, and eight servants in 1630 on the Arbella, and his wife on the second voyage of the Lyon in 1631, leaving their small manor behind).
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 NEW ENGLAND FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
The name New England dates to the earliest days of European settlement: in 1616 Captain_John_Smith described the area in a pamphlet "New England." The name was officially sanctioned in 1620 by the grant of King James I to the Plymouth_Council_for_New_England.
In the 2000 presidential election, Democratic candidate Al_Gore carried all of the New England states except for New_Hampshire, and in 2004, John_Kerry, a native New Englander himself, carried all six New England states for the Democrats.
New England is also home to many of the United States' most prominent independent schools (also known as private schools), such as Roxbury Latin and Phillips_Academy in Massachusetts, St._Paul's_School and Phillips_Exeter_Academy in New Hampshire, and Hotchkiss_School in Connecticut.
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 New England Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
New England Fast Ferry Service to Martha's Vineyard - Ferry service is offered year-round from New Bedford to Martha's Vineyard and from Providence, RI, to Newport.
Henry David Thoreau, one of New England's most iconic thinkers, made the case for civil disobedience, libertarianism, and even had some anarchist tendencies.
New England contains four of the eight Ivy League colleges and universities, and is known for its illustrious college campuses.
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New York was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution.
New York was heavily glaciated in the ice age leaving much of the state with deep, fertile, though somewhat rocky soils.
New York is rich in nectar-producing plants and is a major honey-producing state.
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Dominion of New England, an administrative union comprising all the New England colonies.
Scotland", New England is the only American region to inherit the name of a former kingdom of the British Isles.
New England is also the setting for most of the gothic horror stories of H.P. Lovecraft, mostly because he lived his life in
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 New England - Pictures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
The name dates to the earliest days of European settlement: in 1616 Captain John Smith described the area in a pamphlet "New England." The name was officially sanctioned in 1620 by the grant of King James I to the Plymouth Council for New England.
New England contains some of the oldest and most renowned institutions of higher learning, including Harvard University, Yale University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Williams College, and Amherst College.
New England has always received a great deal of attention from American writers like Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, and Arthur Miller.
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 West End (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
West End is a section of New Orleans, Louisiana on Lake Pontchartrain, noted for seafood restaurants and commemorated in the jazz composition "West End Blues".
The BMT West End Line of the New York City Subway connects to Coney Island.
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
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 Plymouth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Plymouth is a city in the South West of England, or alternatively the Westcountry, and is situated within the traditional county of Devon.
Due to the airport's central location expansion is limited and public opinion towards building a new airport to the east of the city remain divided between the economic benefits to the local economy and the environmental concerns over building in the countryside.
Plymouth College, one of England's public schools, is situated in Ford Park, to the north of the city centre.
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 Niue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Niue is located 2 400 kilometres of New Zealand in a triangle between Tonga Samoa and the Cook Islands.
Independence in the of self-government was granted by the New parliament in the 1974 constitution.
Niue has been self-governing in free association New Zealand since 1974; Niue is fully for internal affairs; New Zealand retains responsibility foreign affairs and defence ; however these responsibilities confer no rights control and are only exercised at the of the Government of Niue.
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 SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - New England
Aside from the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, or "New Scotland", New England is the only American region to inherit the name of a kingdom in the British Isles.
New England contains some of the oldest and most renowned institutions of higher learning, including Harvard University, Yale University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Amherst College, Williams College, Wesleyan University, Bowdoin College, Middlebury College, Wellesley College, Smith College, Tufts University, Boston College and Boston University.
In Connecticut, New York City is important to the economy as a large number of people in Connecticut commute to work there.
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 Definition of New River
The New River, a tributary of the Cumberland River, in Tennessee.
The New River, a tributary of the Ohio River, in North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia in the United States.
The New River, a tributary of the Trinity River in northern California in the United States.
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 Preston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Preston was granted the status of a city in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Queen Elizabeth's reign.
Preston is famous for, among other things, Preston North End F.C., one of the oldest Football League teams, St Walburge's Church (the tallest church in England, with the third-highest spire at 94 metres), and a large bus station (with 79 gates).
In Ripon in 705 Archbishop Wilfrid the lands near the River Ribble were set on a new foundation, and the parish church was probably erected.
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 newengland4you.com - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
New York east of the (A New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century)
Hudson River has occasionally been called part of New England, although this is exceedingly rare and would be considered incorrect by most people in the region.
New England Interstate Highways of the (The decade from 1920 to 1929)
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 Wikitravel:Disambiguation page index - Wikitravel
The Disambiguation guidelines asks that links that point to disambiguation pages be changed to point to the correct articles.
If you write an article with a disambiguator in the title, but do not want to create a disambiguation page because the ambiguous name refers to a famous place that should not be disambiguated, please add both pages to this list.
Manchester is in England as well as there being a Manchester (New Hampshire).
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 Leicester   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
In fact, Leicester is one of the oldest cities in England, with a history going back nearly 2000 years.
Leicester played a significant role in the history of England, when in 1265 Simon de Montfort forced King Henry III to hold the first parliament of England at the now ruined Leicester Castle.
It is also home to the National Space Centre, due in part to the University of Leicester being one of the few universities in the UK to specialise in space science.
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 NTU Info Centre: New England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Image Unavailable The New England region of the United States is located in the northeastern corner of the country.
Sometimes, New York east of the Hudson River is considered to be part of New England.
[1] The Central New England Railway also stretched west to the Hudson River.
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 New Windsor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
New Windsor is the name of several places:
New Windsor, a neighbourhood of Auckland, New Zealand
There was a royal borough of New Windsor in England; which was later amalgamated into the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
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 New Cumberland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
New Cumberland is the name of some places the United States of America :
Flood insurance study township of Lawrence, New Jersey, Cumberland County (SuDoc FEM 1.209:340171)
Flood insurance study township of Fairfield, New Jersey, Cumberland County (SuDoc FEM 1.209:340168)
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 Perth-Andover, New Brunswick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Perth-Andover is a village in Victoria County New Brunswick Canada.
The Cruising Guide to the New England Coast: Including the Hudson River, Long Island Sound, and the Coast of New Brunswick, Twelfth Edition
The authors have obviously spent a lot of time in the region, and as a result they have come up with a good ra...
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 New England - Wikitravel
New England is the name of a region in the USA and in Australia.
New England (United States of America) - the northeastern corner of the US
If you arrived here by following a link from another page you can help by correcting it, so that it points to the appropriate disambiguated page.
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 Berkshire (disambiguation) - Biocrawler definition:Berkshire (disambiguation) - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
In the United Kingdom: the county of Berkshire in southern England
Berkshire Mountains a range in Massachusetts and New York
There is also an Earldom of Berkshire, presently held by the Earl of Suffolk.
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 New England biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
In the 2004 presidential election, John Kerry, a New Englander himself, carried all six New England states.
New England has always received a great deal of attention from American writers like Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, John Irving and Arthur Miller.
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 Dorset
This page is about the county of Dorset in England see Dorset (Disambiguation) for other places called Dorset
Dorset (pronounced 'Dorsit', sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England.
The county is also home to the new village of Poundbury, developed by Prince Charles.
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