Premise: Connecticut ( [ kəˈnɛtᵻkət ] ) is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States . Massachusetts [ mæsəˈtʃuːsᵻts ] or [ ˌmæsəˈtʃuːzᵻts ] ; officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States . New England . In 1692 , the town of Salem , Massachusetts and surrounding areas experienced one of the most infamous cases of mass hysteria in the history of the Western Hemisphere , the Salem witch trials .
Hypothesis: New England is not in the United States.
Label: CONTRADICTION