New England is a region (Regions of the United States) in the northeastern corner (Northeastern United States) of the United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada and the state of New York (New York), consisting of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

In one of the earliest European settlements in the New World, Pilgrims (Pilgrim_(Plymouth_Colony)) from the Kingdom of England first settled in New England in 1620, in the colony of Plymouth (Plymouth Colony). Ten years later, the Puritans settled north of Plymouth Colony in Boston, thus forming Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. In the late 18th century, the New England colonies would be among the first North American British (British Empire) colonies to demonstrate ambitions of independence from the British Crown (Monarchy of the United Kingdom) via the American Revolution, although they would later oppose the War of 1812 between the United States and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. . Ca. 1910–1913 New England was known to have produced the first pieces of American literature and philosophy and was home to the beginnings of free public education. In the 19th century, it played a prominent role in the movement to abolish (Abolitionism) slavery in the United States. It was the first region of the United States to be transformed by the Industrial Revolution.

The region is one of the most liberal (liberalism) in the United States and it voted for the Democratic Party (Democratic Party (United States)) Presidential nominee (United States Presidential Elections) in the 1992, 1996, 2004, and 2008 elections, and every state but New Hampshire voted for Al Gore in the presidential election of 2000 (United States presidential election, 2000). Currently all members of the United States House of Representatives from New England belong to or caucus (congressional caucus) with the Democratic Party. The only democratic socialist (democratic socialism) in the United States Congress is from New England, as Senator Bernie Sanders represents Vermont.