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New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. 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. The Gulf of Maine and Atlantic Ocean are to the east and southeast, and Long Island Sound is to the southwest. Boston is New England's largest city and the capital of Massachusetts. Greater Boston is the largest metropolitan area, with nearly a third of New England's population; this area includes Worcester, Massachusetts, the second-largest city in New England, Manchester, New Hampshire, the largest city in New Hampshire, and Providence, Rhode Island, the capital of and largest city in Rhode Island.

In 1620, the Pilgrims established Plymouth Colony, the second successful settlement in British America after the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, founded in 1607. Ten years later, Puritans established Massachusetts Bay Colony north of Plymouth Colony. Over the next 126 years, people in the region fought in four French and Indian Wars until the English colonists and their Iroquois allies defeated the French and their Algonquian allies. (Full article...)

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A humpback whale, underwater

The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale that can be found of the coast of New England. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from 12–16 metres (39–52 ft) and weigh approximately 36,000 kilograms (79,000 lb). The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with unusually long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. It is an acrobatic animal, often breaching and slapping the water. Males produce a complex song, which lasts for 10 to 20 minutes and is repeated for hours at a time. The purpose of the song is not yet clear, although it appears to have a role in mating.

Found in oceans and seas around the world, humpback whales typically migrate up to 25,000 kilometres (16,000 mi) each year. Humpbacks feed only in summer, in polar waters, and migrate to tropical or subtropical waters to breed and give birth in the winter. During the winter, humpbacks fast and live off their fat reserves. The species' diet consists mostly of krill and small fish. Humpbacks have a diverse repertoire of feeding methods, including the bubble net feeding technique. (Full article...)

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Art Ross (c. 1910)

Art Ross was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and executive from 1905 until 1954. Regarded as one of the best defenders of his era by his peers, he was one of the first to skate with the puck up the ice rather than pass it to a forward. He was on Stanley Cup championship teams twice in a playing career that lasted thirteen seasons. Like other players of the time, Ross played for several different teams and leagues. He retired as a player in 1918 when the home stadium of his team, the Montreal Wanderers, burned down

When the Boston Bruins were formed in 1924, Ross was hired as the first coach and general manager of the team. He would go on to coach the team on four separate occasions until 1945 and stayed as general manager until his retirement in 1954. Ross helped the Bruins finish first place in the league ten times and to win the Stanley Cup three times; Ross personally coached the team to one of those victories. After being hired by the Bruins, Ross, along with his wife and two sons, moved to a suburb of Boston, and became an American citizen in 1938. He died near Boston in 1964. (Full article...)

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John Shea

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New Hampshire native, actor, and director John Shea

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Image 1Indigenous territories, circa 1600 in present-day southern New England (from New England)
Image 2Ethnic origins in New England (from New England)
Image 3The Hartford headquarters of Aetna is housed in a 1931 Colonial Revival building. (from New England)
Image 4Largest self-reported ancestry groups in New England. Americans of Irish descent form a plurality in most of Massachusetts, while Americans of English descent form a plurality in much of the central parts of Vermont and New Hampshire as well as nearly all of Maine. (from New England)
Image 5Autumn in New England, watercolor, Maurice Prendergast, c. 1910–1913 (from New England)
Image 6Opera houses and theaters, like the Vergennes Opera House in Vergennes, Vermont, are popular in New England towns. (from Culture of New England)
Image 7Map of the British and French dominions in America in 1755, showing what the English considered New England (from History of New England)
Image 85. Bridgeport, Connecticut (from New England)
Image 9Soldier and explorer John Smith coined the name "New England" in 1616. (from New England)
Image 104. Springfield, Massachusetts (from New England)
Image 11Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston and spent most of his literary career in Concord, Massachusetts. (from Culture of New England)
Image 12An illustration from Herman Melville's Moby-Dick (from Culture of New England)
Image 13Alumni Hall at Saint Anselm College has served as a backdrop for media reports during the New Hampshire primary. (from New England)
Image 14Southeastern New England is home to a number of Lusophone ethnic enclaves. (from New England)
Image 15The Slater Mill Historic Site in Pawtucket, Rhode Island (from New England)
Image 16Phillips Exeter Academy and Phillips Academy are two prestigious New England secondary schools founded in the late 18th century (from New England)
Image 17A 1779 five-shilling note issued by Massachusetts (from History of New England)
Image 18New England regionalist poet Robert Frost (from New England)
Image 19Flag of New England flying in Massachusetts. New Englanders maintain a strong sense of regional and cultural identity. (from New England)
Image 208. Hartford, Connecticut (from New England)
Image 21Certificate of the government of Massachusetts Bay acknowledging loan of £20 to state treasury 1777 (from History of New England)
Image 22Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (from New England)
Image 236. Stamford, Connecticut (from New England)
Image 24The New Haven system (from History of New England)
Image 25The White Mountains of New Hampshire are part of the Appalachian Mountains. (from New England)
Image 26Bread and Roses Strike. Massachusetts National Guard troops surround unarmed strikers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1912. (from New England)
Image 27The MBTA Commuter Rail serves eastern Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island, radiating from downtown Boston, with planned service to New Hampshire. The CTrail system operates the Shore Line East and Hartford Line, covering coastal Connecticut, Hartford, and Springfield, Massachusetts. (from New England)
Image 289. Cambridge, Massachusetts (from New England)
Image 29Köppen climate types in New England (from New England)
Image 30An English map of New England c. 1670 depicts the area around modern Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (from New England)
Image 31A New England town meeting in Huntington, Vermont (from New England)
Image 32The New England Ensign, one of several flags historically associated with New England. This flag was reportedly used by colonial merchant ships sailing out of New England ports, 1686 – c. 1737. (from New England)
Image 33A portion of the north-central Pioneer Valley in Sunderland, Massachusetts (from New England)
Image 341. Boston, Massachusetts (from New England)
Image 35Boston's Symphony Hall is the home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra—the second-oldest of the Big Five American symphony orchestras. (from New England)
Image 36A Hartford Line train at Hartford Union Station (from New England)
Image 37The Port of Portland in Portland, Maine, is the largest tonnage seaport in New England. (from New England)
Image 38A plowed field in Bethel, Vermont (from New England)
Image 39New England's Siege of Louisbourg (1745) by Peter Monamy (from New England)
Image 4010. Manchester, New Hampshire (from New England)
Image 41A political and geographical map of New England shows the coastal plains in the southeast, and hills, mountains and valleys in the west and the north. (from New England)
Image 42A 1638 engraving depicting the Mystic massacre (from New England)
Image 43A classic New England Congregational church in Peacham, Vermont (from New England)
Image 44New England is home to four of the eight Ivy League universities. Pictured here is Harvard Yard of Harvard University. (from New England)
Image 45Flag of the New England Governor's Conference (NEGC) (from New England)
Image 46Cambridge, Massachusetts, has a high concentration of startups and technology companies. (from New England)
Image 47Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom is set on a fictional New England island and was largely filmed in Rhode Island (from New England)
Image 48Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant in Seabrook, New Hampshire (from New England)
Image 492. Worcester, Massachusetts (from New England)
Image 50Montpelier, Vermont, is the smallest state capital in the United States. (from New England)
Image 51First Boston Latin School house (from History of New England)
Image 52World's largest Irish flag in Boston. People who claim Irish descent constitute the largest ethnic ancestry in New England. (from New England)
Image 533. Providence, Rhode Island (from New England)
Image 54Classic New England Congregationalist church in Peacham, Vermont (from Culture of New England)
Image 557. New Haven, Connecticut (from New England)

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... that the first time the New England Revolution competed in an international competition, they played their "home" match at their opponent's stadium?
... that Benjamin Tompson's poem "Harvardine Quils" called for writers in New England to memorialize the loss of "whole towns and Churches" in King Philip's War?

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Flag of Vermont

Vermont
Incorporated 1791
Co-ordinates 44°N 72.7°W

Vermont is the 6th least extensive and the 2nd least populous of the 50 United States. It is the only New England state not bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Lake Champlain forms half of Vermont's western border, which it shares with the state of New York.

Originally inhabited by two major Native American tribes, much of the territory that is now Vermont was claimed by France during its early colonial period. France ceded the territory to the Kingdom of Great Britain after being defeated in 1763 in the French and Indian War. For many years, the nearby colonies, especially New Hampshire and New York, disputed control of the area. Settlers who held land titles granted by these colonies were opposed by the Green Mountain Boys militia, which eventually prevailed in creating an independent state, the Vermont Republic. Founded in 1777 during the Revolutionary War, the republic lasted for fourteen years. Vermont is one of seventeen U.S. states (along with Texas, Hawaii, the brief Republic of West Florida, and each of the original Thirteen Colonies) to have had a sovereign government in the past. In 1791, Vermont joined the United States as the 14th state, the first outside the original 13 Colonies. It abolished slavery while still independent, and upon joining the Union became the first state to have done so. (Full article...)