New Jersey
An island in the English channel called Jersey.
what colony was named in honor of the English kiing Charles two
Roanoke was named after the Roanoke Island in North Carolina, where the first English colony in the New World was established in 1585.
Because it was red
No it was not. It was called just New jersey named by Lord Berkely in honor of his friend (Sir George Carteret) who was the governor of Jersey (an island off the English channel).
it was named after the English country of Hampshire
new jersey
The Rhode Island colony was named after the Dutch word "Roodt Eylandt," which translates to "red island." This name was inspired by the reddish hue of the clay along the shores of what is now known as Aquidneck Island. The term was first used by the explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in the 1520s, and it was later adopted in the naming of the colony as it developed.
a colony named after daniel boone is Boonesborough
The only colony named for a saint was Maryland.
New Jersey