John Smith, New England, and a Quick History of Boston
In the northeast of the United States is a region that has, for centuries, lovingly been called “New England.” Many people, when they hear “New England,” often immediately think “Boston!” But actually, it’s more than just Boston. It’s the name collectively given to six states, those being: - Connecticut - Maine - Massachusetts - New Hampshire - Rhode Island - Vermont It was named such by a famed Englishman we all remember as being immortalized in Disney’s Pocahontas: John Smith. The Old Roots of New England It was in 1616—the same year that William Shakespeare died—that a small ship arrived in the northeast of the United States, around 400 years ago. It was not the Mayflower —although the Mayflower was one of them, and it carried those pilgrims that are talked about every Thanksgiving. On this ship was a man named Captain John Smith, and he meant to do one thing: encourage the Englishmen he carried with him to settle in the northeast of th...