NewEngland...NewEngland...1NewEnglandAregionofthenortheastUnitedStatescomprisingthemodern-daystatesofMaine,NewHampshire,Vermont,Massachusetts,Connecticut,andRhodeIsland....NewEnglandAregionoftheno2......3Yankee:AnativeorinhabitantofNewEngland.新英格蘭土著人或居民...Yankee:Anativeorinhabitant4Massachusetts...Massachusetts...5MassachusettsMassachusettshasplayedanimportantpartinthenation'shistory.Six-millionpeoplelivetheretoday.ThestatehasmanymarksfromAmerica'sRevolutionaryperiod.TherevolutionagainstBritainbeganatthebattleofConcordandLexingtoninMassachusetts.Thestatehasalsogiventhecountryfourpresidents.JohnAdamswasthesecondpresident.Hisson,JohnQuincyAdams,servedasthesixth.JohnF.Kennedy,thethirty-fifthpresident,wasalsoborninMassachusetts.Sowastheforty-first,GeorgeBush.Hisson,theforty-thirdpresident,wasborninConnecticut....MassachusettsMassachusettsha6RhodeIslandisAmerica'ssmalleststate,bylandsize.One-millionpeoplelivethere.Manycompaniesproducetextilesandjewelry.ThestateisonNarragansettBayontheAtlanticOcean.Everysummer,thousandsofvisitorsfish,boatandwaterskiinthebay.RhodeIslandbecamethefirstcolonytodeclareindependencefromBritain.Inseventeen-seventy-four,RhodeIslandbannedtheimportationofslaves....RhodeIslandisAmerica'ssmal7NewHampshire...NewHampshire...8NewHampshireWithmountains,lakesandcoastline,thestateoffersmanysummerandwinteractivities.TheWhiteMountainsinnorthernNewHampshire,forexample,providefineskiing.Inthefall,thousandsofpeoplecometoNewHampshiretoseethecolorfulleavesofitsmanykindsoftrees.ThelargestcityisManchester,andthecapitalisConcord.Ineighteen-forty-nine,NewHampshireenactedalawthatpermittedcities,townsandschoolsystemstosupportlibraries.ItwasthefirstlawofitskindintheUnitedStates....NewHampshireWithmountains,9RhodeIslandRhodeIslandisAmerica'ssmalleststate,bylandsize.One-millionpeoplelivethere.Manycompaniesproducetextilesandjewelry.ThestateisonNarragansettBayontheAtlanticOcean.Everysummer,thousandsofvisitorsfish,boatandwaterskiinthebay.VisitorstoRhodeIslandoftenfollowtheCliffWalkinNewport.ThiswalkofalmostfivekilometersprovidesachancetoseetheAtlanticOceancoast.Restlesswavesstrikethesharprocksontheshore.Newportisalsofamousforitsmusic.Nextmonth,artistsincludingDaveBrubeckandCassandraWilsonwillperformattheJVCJazzFestival....RhodeIslandRhodeIslandisAm10Maine...Maine...11MaineMainehasmorethanone-millionpeopleandthelargestlandareaoftheNewEnglandstates.Partofthestateextendssofarnorth,itissurroundedbytwoCanadianprovinces.LikeVermont,Mainehasbigareasofwilderness.Forestsgrowonaboutninetypercentofitsland.TheforestsprovidetreesforthewoodproductsindustryinMaine.Citylifeisfoundinthecapital,Augusta,andinPortland.FishingvillageslinetheAtlanticcoastofMaine.Travelerscanfindmanyhotelsandotherplacestostaynearharborsandoceaninlets.VisitorsenjoyseeingthePortlandHeadLight.Thislighthouseisthirty-onemeterstall.Itwasbuiltinseventeen-ninety-one....MaineMainehasmorethanone-m12Asyoumightexpect,Maineisknownforitsseafood.RocklandholdstheMaineLobsterFestivaleachyear.Thisfestivaltocelebrate--andeat--theshellfishwilltakeplaceJulythirtieththroughAugustthird....Asyoumightexpect,Maineis13Connecticut...Connecticut...14ConnecticutMorethanthree-millionpeopleliveinConnecticut.Itisamajorcenterfortravel,businessandindustry.Initsearlydays,citizensofConnecticutcolonylivedundertheruleofalegaldocumentcalledtheFundamentalOrders.Later,writersoftheUnitedStatesConstitutionusedtheOrdersasanexample.Inthatcity,onecanseethehomeofthewriterMarkTwain.Hewrote"TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn"and"TheAdventuresofTomSawyer."TwainlivedinHartfordduringthelateeighteen-hundreds....ConnecticutMorethanthree-mi15VermontWhenitcomestonature,manypeoplesayatriptoVermontislikeatripintothepast.Treescovermostoftheland.Thestatealsohasmorethanfour-hundredlakesandsmallerbodiesofwater.Insummer,travelerscandriveforkilometersonquietcountryroadsandseeonlyfarmanimals,coveredbridgesandwhitechurches.ApopularsummereventistheVermontMozartFestivalonKnollFarmatthetownofFayston.Thefarmissetamongsugarmapletrees.Vermontgrowsalotofthesetreeswhichproducesweetsyrup.MostvisitorstakehomeatleastafewcontainersofmaplesyrupfromVermont....VermontWhenitcomestonature16NewEnglandisaplacemanypeopleliketovisitespeciallyinthefall.Thatiswhentheleavesonthetreesturnred,yellowandorange.Thechan