How the 13 Colonies Were Named :: American History, Informative

How the 13 Colonies Were Named      The initial thirteen settlements were either named after individuals, Indian names or, places in England. The first states/provinces are, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, South Carolina, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Hampshire and New Jersey.      The three expresses that are named explicitly after Indian names are Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. The Puritans named Massachusetts, after a nearby Indian clan whose name implies â€Å"a enormous slope place.† Rhode Island was named after the Indian name for â€Å"Red Island.† It was formally called â€Å"The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations† in 1790. The third state named after and Indian name is Connecticut, which gets its name from and Algonquin word meaning â€Å"land on the long tidal river†      The eight provinces that are named after individuals in England are Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia and New York. Georgia was named out of appreciation for England’s King George II. North and South Carolina were both named out of appreciation for King Charles I. (Carolous is Latin for Charles). It is accepted that Lord Baltimore who got a sanction for what is currently the place that is known for Maryland, named the state after Queen Henrietta Maria, spouse of King Charles I. Delaware was named by the Delaware Indians (otherwise called lenni-lenape) after the individual Lord de la Warr. The â€Å"Keystone State,† all the more generally known as Pennsylvania was named by William Penn out of appreciation for his dad. William joined the name Penn and Latin term Sylvania, which implies â€Å"woodlands† to concoct â€Å"Penn’s Woodlands.