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All of the [[U.S. state]]s making up the Northeastern region were among the original [[Thirteen Colonies]], though Maine and Vermont were part of other colonies before the United States became independent in the [[American Revolution]]. The two cultural and geographic regions that form parts of the Northeastern region have distinct histories. The first European explorer known to have explored the Atlantic shoreline of the Northeast since the [[Norse colonization of the Americas|Norse]] was [[Giovanni da Verrazzano]] in 1524. His ship ''La Dauphine'' explored the coast from what is now known as Florida to New Brunswick.
The first Europeans to settle and colonize New England were [[Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)|Pilgrims]] from [[Kingdom of England|England]], who landed in present-day Massachusetts in 1620.<ref name="Arenstam">{{cite book|last=Arenstam|first=Peter|title=Mayflower 1620: A New Look at a Pilgrim Voyage|year=2007|publisher=[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]|location=Washington, D.C.|isbn=978-0-7922-6276-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KX5F19BCgecC|author2=Kemp, John|author3=Grace, Catherine O'Neill|access-date=October 17, 2015|archive-date=April 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424112548/https://books.google.com/books?id=KX5F19BCgecC|url-status=live}}</ref> The Pilgrims arrived on the ship ''[[Mayflower]]'' and founded [[Plymouth Colony]] so they could practice religion freely.<ref name="Arenstam" /> Ten years later, a larger group of [[Puritan]]s settled north of Plymouth Colony in [[Boston]] to form [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]].<ref>{{cite web|title=A Brief History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |url=http://www2.cambridgema.gov/historic/cambridgehistory.html |work=Cambridge Historical Commission |access-date=August 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930095250/http://www2.cambridgema.gov/historic/cambridgehistory.html |archive-date=September 30, 2012 }}</ref> In 1636, colonists established [[Connecticut Colony]]<ref name="Kelly 2019">{{cite web |last=Kelly |first=Martin |title=Founding of Connecticut Colony |website=ThoughtCo |date=2019-09-05 |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/connecticut-colony-103870 |access-date=2024-09-12}}</ref> and [[Providence Plantations]].<ref name="Kelly 2024">{{
Providence was founded by [[Roger Williams (theologian)|Roger Williams]], who was banished by Massachusetts for his beliefs in freedom of religion, and it was the first colony to guarantee all citizens freedom of worship. [[Anne Hutchinson]], who was also banished by Massachusetts, formed the town of [[Portsmouth, Rhode Island|Portsmouth]]. Providence, Portsmouth and two other towns ([[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]] and [[Warwick, Rhode Island|Warwick]]) consolidated to form the [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]].
[[Henry Hudson]] explored the area of present-day New York in 1609 and claimed it for the Netherlands. His journey stimulated Dutch interest, and the area became known as [[New Netherland]]. In 1625, the city of [[New Amsterdam]] (the location of present-day New York City) was designated the capital of the province.<ref>{{cite book |last=Barreveld |first=Drs. Dirk J. |title=From New Amsterdam to New York: the founding of New York by the Dutch in July 1625 |publisher=Writers Club Press |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-595-19890-0 |location=New York}}</ref> The Dutch New Netherland settlement along the [[Hudson River]] and, for a time, the [[New Sweden]] settlement along the [[Delaware River]] divided the English settlements in the north and the south. In 1664, [[Charles II of England]] formally annexed New Netherland and incorporated it into the [[English colonial empire]].<ref name="Radford">{{cite web |title=The Middle Colonies |url=http://www.radford.edu/~rvshelton/Middle.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720074412/http://www.radford.edu/~rvshelton/Middle.htm |archive-date=July 20, 2012 |access-date=August 16, 2012 |work=Radford University}}</ref> The territory became the colonies of [[Province of New York|New York]] and [[Province of New Jersey|New Jersey]].<ref name="Radford" /> New Jersey was originally split into [[East Jersey]] and [[West Jersey]] until the two were united as a royal colony in 1702.<ref name="Radford" />
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