The earliest could have been the Norse, but we just don't have the record to know for sure. These are the early explorers that we know about:
(mainly from u-s-history.com)
The first explorer in Connecticut was Aderian Block. He founded it for the Dutch in 1614.
Benjamin Franklin started the first library in Philadelphia
Massachusetts
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The Massachusetts Bay colony was the group which had the first tax supported public schools. These were actually the first public schools in the U.S.
Massachusetts was discovered in 1498 by explorer John Cabot. He explored along the Massachusetts coast. Massachusetts was not settled until 1620.
Algonquian Indians were the first settlers in the region of Massachusetts. The first English explorer in Massachusetts was Bartholomew Gosnold, who visited the area in 1602. In 1620, the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. In 1629, King Charles I of Great Britain granted a charter to the Puritans to establish an English colony in Massachusetts Bay.
I think that the Puritans were the first to settle in Massachusetts
Denise Martin was born in Revere, Massachusetts.
no Massachusetts first
Christopher Columbus was the first explorer
The Pilgrims were first to come to Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts.
JOhn Adams, the 2nd President, was the first from Massachusetts.
The first European explorer was Marco Polo.
Massachusetts was first settled by the Pilgrims in 1620.
The first explorer to arrive in Connecticut was Dutch explorer Adriaen Block. Soon after his exploration of Connecticut, John Winthrop, a member of the Massachusetts colony, received permission in 1636 to make a colony at Old Saybrook, which is at the mouth of the Connecticut River. During this time, a large group of settlers, Puritans, led by Thomas Hooker and coming out of Massachusetts, settled in the region, soon incorporation Old Saybrook into it. He soon broke from Massachusetts to create a Puritan settlement at Hartford in 1636.