New England name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States— Maine , New Hampshire , Vermont , Massachusetts , Rhode Island , and Connecticut . The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. John Smith because of its resemblance to the English coast (another source has it that Prince Charles, afterward Charles I, inserted the name on Smith's map of the country). Topographically it is partly delineated from the rest of the nation by the Appalachian Mts. on the west. From the Green Mts., the White Mts., and the Berkshire Hills the land slop... Read more