* Named after Queen Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen."
2. New England
* Named after England.
3. Plymouth
* Named after the English port from which the Pilgrims departed.
4. Massachusetts
* Named after the Massachusett tribe, who inhabited the area.
5. Connecticut
* Named after the Connecticut River, which means "long tidal river" in the Algonquian language.
6. Rhode Island
* Named after the island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean Sea.
7. New Hampshire
* Named after the English county of Hampshire.
8. New York
* Named after the Duke of York and Albany, James Stuart.
9. Pennsylvania
* Named after William Penn, the founder of the colony.
10. Delaware
* Named after Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an early governor of Virginia.
11. Maryland
* Named after Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I of England.
12. North Carolina
* Named after King Charles I of England.
13. South Carolina
* Named after King Charles I of England.