Madeline



This is how the 13 colonies were named. Massachusetts was named after the Puratins. Rhode Island is Native American for Red Island. Connecticut is Native American for land on long tidal river. Those 3 colonies were all Indian names. Georgia was named after King George II. North and South Carolina were for King Charles I. Maryland was named after Lord Baltimore. Delaware was for Lord de la Warr. Pennsylvania was named after William Penn. Virginia was named for Queen Elizabeth I. New York was named after the Duke of York. The last two colonies were named after English places. New Hampshire was named after the County of Hampshire. New Jersey was named after the Island of Jersey near the English Channel. That is how all of the 13 colonies were named!