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media type="custom" key="10463098" All the Thirteen Colonies were English and on the Atlantic coast of North America. They were there from 1607-1733 and had there own Government. The Thirteen Colonies got there name by Virginia after Queen Elizabeth the virgin queen. New Hampshire named after a country in Engand and named by John Wheelwright. Massachusetts got its name after a word that means a (large hill place). New York named for Duke of York. Massachusetts also named for a (large hill place). Rhode Island named for a Dutch term red island. Connecticut named for a word that means beside the long tidal river. Pennsylvania named after William Penn's father and sylvnia which means forest in Latin. Delaware was named after a tribe and a governor of Virginia named Lord de la Warr. New Jersy named for a Isle of Jersy in England. Maryland named after Queen Henrietta Maria of Old England. North Carolina named after Carolus a Latin word meaning Charles after Charles 1 of England. South Carolina got named the same way as North Carolina. Georgia named after King George the 2 of England.