Which group of people first settled the new england colonies ?

 Puritans and they founded it for religious, freedom hope it helps :)

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.

C. congress was able to pay debts run up in the war