<P> The New England Colonies of British America included Connecticut Colony , Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , Massachusetts Bay Colony , and Province of New Hampshire , as well as a few smaller short - lived colonies . The New England colonies were part of the Thirteen Colonies and eventually became five of the six states in New England . Captain John Smith was the author of the 1616 work A Description of New England which first applied the term `` New England '' to the coastal lands from Long Island Sound to Newfoundland . </P>
identify the colonies that are classified as new england
Connecticut Colony Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Massachusetts Bay Colony Province of New Hampshire