>>3158114huh, that's interesting. i sort of knew that in the back of my mind, but i never made the connection between the name of new england and the fact that those states were the most civilized colonies. so i guess you made a very clever reference, but sadly, it went over my head.
thanks for the info, knowing why it's called new england that will definitely help me remember it's not a state, because if i have to be honest my first thought just now was "new england, which state was that".