https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j Tell briefly how the state was named. en-us 2017-03-27 18:55:47 UTC 2017-03-27 19:42:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Pictureland.png https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162932335 Oklahoma was named after the " Cocktaw language."Ukla means people.Huma means red.That is the color of the state.The state name is after Allen Wright. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸]]> 2017-03-27 18:59:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162932335 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162932455 Kansas was named when the first Europeans met the Native Americans who called themselves the Kanza Indians. When it became a state it was spelled Kansas. In the Kaw language it means "wind people."

]]> 2017-03-27 18:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162932455 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162932736 William Penn arrived in Pennsylvania (1682) to start a new colony, Pennsylvania had forests covering much of the land. Penn suggested the land be called Slyvania (From the English word sylvan, which means "wooded,"). King Charles the II of England had wanted to honor Penn's father, (Admiral William Penn,) so he combined Penn and Sylvania. The combined word, (Pennsylvania,) means "Penn's Woods."]]> 2017-03-27 19:00:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162932736 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162932748 Nevada means snow-covered in Spanish in 1776 this guy named 
Padre Pedro was going to California and he found snowy mountains in Nevada and he called them Sierra Nevada witch is Spanish for snowy-covered mountains.]]> 2017-03-27 19:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162932748 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933039 Connecticut's name came from a Indian name they called Quinnehtukqut! it means" Beside the long river!"]]> 2017-03-27 19:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933039 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933045 Tennessee's name came from a river called Tanasi. We don't know what Tanasi means. Some people think it means river with big bend.]]> 2017-03-27 19:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933045 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933153 Colorado got it's name from the red mud in it's rushing river water. In 1540 some troops called the river they saw Colorado which is Spanish for ruddy or reddish.That is how Colorado got its name.]]> 2017-03-27 19:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933153 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933199 Troy
 Rhode Island was named after a 1️⃣5️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ Italian explorer named Giovanni da Verrazzano spotted a triangle-shaped island in the Atlantic Ocean,about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the main land. He thought the small spot of land looked like Rhodes, an island that is part of  Greece. Just over a century later, English colonists came to the region Varrazzano had explored.They called their new home Rhode Island ,thinking it was the island Varrazzano had seen.😄😄🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺]]> 2017-03-27 19:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933199 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933298 King Charles 1 granted Robert Health a region.He named it Carolana (which means Charles).When King Charles 2 came,he changed it to South Carolina and North Carolina.🇺🇸🇺🇸]]> 2017-03-27 19:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933298 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933506 Texas was named after a language that people spoke and the main  word was Tejas .

]]> 2017-03-27 19:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933506 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933522 Missouri was named by explorers and settlers that came into the region.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸]]> 2017-03-27 19:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933522 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933532 New York was named by a gift from King Charles the second to his brother that sailed four ships carrying 450 men and forced the Dutch to surrender the city and colony.That's when the renamed New York.They named it after the Duke of York.]]> 2017-03-27 19:02:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933532 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933666 Californian name came from Spain cause people who lived there were called californios.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸]]> 2017-03-27 19:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933666 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933707 Minnesota was named after the sky-tinted water.]]> 2017-03-27 19:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933707 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933730 Hawaii got it's name from in the past. According to an old story, Hawaii was named after a Polynesian chief named Hawai'i-Loa.]]> 2017-03-27 19:03:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933730 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933770 Arizona was named after alehzon which means place of small spring.]]> 2017-03-27 19:03:48 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162933770 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162934486 Arkansas got its name from an American group that lived west of the Mississippi River.]]> 2017-03-27 19:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162934486 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162934533 Oregon was named after... People don't know how Oregon get their name but people think it's named after the Mighty Ouragon River west of the Rocky Mountains.  ]]> 2017-03-27 19:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162934533 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162934539 The Spaniard arrived in the spring and was so overwhelmed by all of the beautiful
 and colorful blooming flowers that he named  the land La Florida ]]> 2017-03-27 19:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162934539 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162936814 Ohio was named by when the French was told by the Iroquois that there was a river that would lead them to China.The river was called O-Y-O which means Great River.]]> 2017-03-27 19:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162936814 https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162938582 Alaska was named after the Aleut word Aliaskha.Now people made the land into Alaska.]]> 2017-03-27 19:20:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hwelty/3qp1bpmfv55j/wish/162938582