New England Colonies

E29091
British colony former colony historical region

The New England Colonies were a group of British settlements in northeastern North America known for their Puritan roots, maritime economy, town-based communities, and influential role in early American history.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
New England colonies 26
Colonial New England 18
Puritan New England 11

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colony ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
agriculturalCharacteristic rocky soil ⓘ
climate cold winters ⓘ
short growing season ⓘ
colonizedBy Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
conflictWith New France ⓘ
surface form: French colonies in North America

Native American tribes ⓘ
culturalCharacteristic communal town life ⓘ
emphasis on education ⓘ
strong religious communities ⓘ
economyBasedOn Atlantic trade ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ
small-scale farming ⓘ
whaling ⓘ
educationInstitution Harvard University ⓘ
surface form: Harvard College

Yale College ⓘ
foundedBy Puritanism ⓘ
surface form: English Puritans

Pilgrims ⓘ
governmentType colonial charter government ⓘ
town meeting system ⓘ
hasPart Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ
Connecticut Colony ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Plymouth Colony ⓘ
Province of Maine ⓘ
Province of New Hampshire ⓘ
influencedBy Calvinism ⓘ
knownFor Puritan roots ⓘ
influential role in early American history ⓘ
maritime economy ⓘ
town-based communities ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
locatedIn British America ⓘ
northeastern North America ⓘ
notableEvent King Philip's War ⓘ
Salem witch trials ⓘ
partOf Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
playedRoleIn American Revolutionary era ⓘ
surface form: American Revolution

development of American democracy ⓘ
primaryReligion Congregationalism ⓘ
Puritanism ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (86)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Province of New Hampshire → partOf → New England Colonies ⓘ
Middle Colonies → borderedBy → New England Colonies ⓘ
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations → partOf → New England Colonies ⓘ
John Turner → historicalRegion → New England Colonies ⓘ
Queen Anne's War → participant → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England colonies
Colonial America → hasPart → New England Colonies ⓘ
Salem Witch Museum → topicContext → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan New England
Martha Corey → regionOfActivity → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonial Massachusetts
Plymouth Colony → partOf → New England Colonies ⓘ
Blockade of the Pequot along the Thames River → country → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonial New England
Awashonks → country → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonial New England
King George's War → belligerent → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England colonies
Book I: Antiquities → focusesOn → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: foundations of New England
Book III: Polybius → subject → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan New England
The Order of the Gospel → timePeriod → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: colonial New England
Remarkable Providences → countryOfOrigin → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonial New England
New Haven Colony → partOf → New England Colonies ⓘ
Metacom → era → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonial New England
A Call from Heaven → historicalPeriod → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonial New England
Falmouth Neck → locatedIn → New England Colonies ⓘ
Hope → jurisdiction → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England colony
Dorchester Company fishing outpost → partOf → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: English colonization of New England
William Coddington → historicalRegion → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England colonies
Sugar Act 1764 → appliedTo → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England colonies
Young Goodman Brown → setting → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan New England
Siege of Brookfield → historicalRegion → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: colonial New England
Benedict Arnold III → partOf → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: colonial New England society
New York Colony → borderedBy → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England colonies
New England Way → associatedWith → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan New England
Edward Doty → historicalRegionOfActivity → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonial Massachusetts
Arthur Dimmesdale → timePeriod → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan New England
The Scarlet Letter (1926 film) → settingLocation → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan New England
The Scarlet Letter (1934 film) → setting → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan New England
The Scarlet Letter (1973 film) → settingPlace → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan New England
Provincial Rangers → garrison → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England colonies
Rogers' Rangers → operatedIn → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England colonies
Rogers' Rangers → recruitmentArea → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England colonies
The Diary of Samuel Sewall → historicalContext → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan New England
early antislavery tract "The Selling of Joseph" → countryOfOrigin → New England Colonies ⓘ
subject surface form: The Selling of Joseph
this entity surface form: Colonial New England
early antislavery tract "The Selling of Joseph" → religiousContext → New England Colonies ⓘ
subject surface form: The Selling of Joseph
this entity surface form: Puritan New England
early antislavery tract "The Selling of Joseph" → intendedAudience → New England Colonies ⓘ
subject surface form: The Selling of Joseph
this entity surface form: New England colonists
Wait → usedBy → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England colonists
Paul Dudley → region → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonial New England
Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes → countryOfOrigin → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonial Massachusetts
Westborough, Province of Massachusetts Bay → partOf → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: colonial Massachusetts
Treaty of Hartford (1638) → jurisdiction → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England colonies
Treaty of Hartford (1638) → historicalPeriod → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colonial New England
Jonathan Corwin House → associatedWithTheme → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puritan New England
Lords and Gentlemen Proprietors → sphereOfActivity → New England Colonies ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England colonies
Hartford, Connecticut Colony → colonialRegion → New England Colonies ⓘ