Enlighten this furrinah, part 923,847: what exactly New England is?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

Is it the original 13 States?

[Kathy in Cambridge]

1. 6 States: MA, CT, RI, ME, VT, NH

some of the original 13 colonies.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

2. i guess

it's the are where the English initially settled in the "New World". New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts all qualify, maybe Pennsylvania too.

Obviously, from reading a more informed post i dont know jack-shit.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

7. Geographically, New England is the six states I mentioned above

and yes, it's called New England because it's where the Puritans settled when they came over from England.

[MissMillie]

3. Nope.. it's

Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island

[Richardo]

4. Not the 13 colonies...Commonly considered...

Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachussetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

[Richardo]

9. The corrollary to your Q is: the football team WAS the Boston Patriots...

...until they moved out of Boston and regionalized themselves... (late 60s, early 70s??)

[terrya]

5. New England is:

Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island.

They were part of the 13 original states.

Terry

[BurtWorm]

12. You left out Maine

which was part of Massachusetts until 1820 when it attained statehood as part of the Missouri compromise. Missouri was allowed to become a slave state only if a free state--Massachusetts' Maine territory--was also allowed.

[terrya]

16. I realized that after I posted.

Another example of the dangers of posting before thinking.

And thanks for the history. Interesting!

Terry

[BurtWorm]

17. I only knew about the MO compromise because I grew up in Maine.

:hi:

PS: out of vanity I clarified title to make it not sound like I only knew ME was in NE because I grew up there. I would have known that if I'd grown up in NM or ID, I'm sure! But I might not have remembered the fact about the MO compromise.

[GOPisEvil]

6. Not quite, since Georgia is part of the colonies.

Not sure of the official designation, but when I think New England, I think Mass., RI, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont...that area. Forgot Connecticut. :-)

[KamaAina]

8. It's the six most northeasterly states

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.

In fact Maine and Vermont were not even among the original thirteen.

Note that three Dem candidates (Kerry, Dean, Lieberman) come from the region, and that the New Hampshire primary was held there. It's always been highly political.

edit: Gee, I forgot to put 'U' in Massachusetts. Kinda cold up there this time of year, but I do hear they're having a parade tomorrow!!!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

10. Oddly enough it's just south of New Scotland, just like the old England.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

11. Yes...Nova Scotia.

Interesting point...

[Screaming Lord Byron]

14. Yeah, and before anyone says 'What about New Brunswick?"

originally, that too was part of Nova Scotia.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

15. And culturally, Northern New England has a lot in common with Canada

I think. Lots of French Canadians in NH, ME, and VT. Many similarities in the original settlers also.

[Richardo]

13. Good Canadian geography quip, SLB...

:D :thumbsup:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

18. Hey, I can turn any thread around to a Canadian thread in 3 seconds flat!

[Rabrrrrrr]

20. AH! That's true - never realized it!

Funny.

[maveric]

19. I had to pretty much "teach a class" at work explaing what New England

is and why. It took me over 30 minutes to convince my SoCal co-workers that New England is not a state.

I've been out here on the westcoast for 24 years and am still shocked at how many public school educated people dont know that there is no state called new England.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

21. You're shitting me? They think New England is a STATE??

:wtf:

Don't kids have to memorize states and their capitals anymore? How can anyone be that "re-TAHD-ed", as we say in Boston....

[Richardo]

24. "wicked re-tahd-ed" even

:D

[midnight armadillo]

27. Knowing about New Enland is wicked pissah!

:-)

[WoodrowFan]

26. and New Mexico

remmeber when Atlanta had the Olympics? There were complaints from folks in New Mexico that there was being charged as non-US citizens becasue the ticket folks in Georgia thought New Mexico was a country, not a state...

[SPQR]

28. Wait a minute...

you mean there's a NEW Mexico?

[maveric]

30. I actually argued with 2 of them who refused to believe it!

One of which telling me that she has a map at home and there is a state back east called New England. Then she and the other one rapped back and forth on what the capital was. One of them said Providence.
AAARRGGHHH!!!! What is wrong with people and the public education system in this country.

When I met my ex some 24 years ago she also thought that NE was a state.

[beyurslf]

23. Everyone knows the New England isn't a state...

It's a country just off the US coast near Canada. Duh! :)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

25. Did it secede and I didn't hear about it yet?

;-)

[jimbo fett]

22. New England is the group of states that wants to control New India, New

Hongkong, New Falkland Islands, etc.

;-)

[He loved Big Brother]

29. It's the part of the country the "patriotic" flag-humpers dislike

You know, the ones who love America so much that they attached a stigma to New England citizens and the very area their greatly admired white forefathers settled (stole).

[maveric]

31. Paul Begala just said that Kerry is from the state of New England.

on crossfire OMFG!!!!

[GreenPartyVoter]

32. it's a region of 6 states

Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachussetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.

[CBHagman]

33. Great thread!

I had a good laugh over some of those stories about ignorance of geography. Aiee! It really is that bad out there.

I was born in New England, in the same hospital as *, to my everlasting shame.

On edit: I meant shame about the connection to *, not the Nutmeg State. :-)