HISTORY16 - New England
New England is composed of six states in the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. 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 Atlantic Ocean is to the east and southeast, and Long Island Sound is to the southwest. The six New England states are shown here, along with principle cities. Geography and Natural Landscape The states of New England have a combined area of almost 72 thousand square miles, slightly larger than the state of Washington. Maine alone constitutes nearly one-half of the total area of New England, yet is only the 39th-largest state, slightly smaller than Indiana. The remaining states are among the smallest in the U.S., including the smallest stat e - Rhode Island. New England's long rolling hills, mountains, and jagged coastline are glacial land-forms resulting fr