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13 Colonies #5
Meaning
Question | Answer |
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Massachusetts | Large Hill Place |
Connecticut | Beside The Long Tidal River |
New Hampshire | The southern English county of Hampshire, England, by John Mason |
Rhode Island | Red Island |
New York | Named after the Duke of York and Albany, the brother of King Charles II of England. |
New Jersey | Isle of Jersey in England |
Pennsylvania | William Penn's father sylvania, Latin for "wooded lands, forested lands". |
Delaware | Delaware Indian Tribe and named after the colonial governor or Virginia, "Lord De la Wan" |
Maryland | Queen Henrietta Maria of England |
Virginia | England's "Virgin Queen," Elizabeth I |
North & South Carolina | "Carolus", the Latin word for "Charles," Charles I of England |
Georgia | England's King George II. This colony means the feminine form of the Greek George which means farmer. |