In 1630, about ten years after the Pilgrims traveled to the New World, a group of people called the Puritans made their own voyage from England. They traveled to find a place where they could set up their own church and run it their own way. Led by a man named John Winthrop, the Puritans settled near what would become Boston. They called it the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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History
Massachusetts
England
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Major Towns/Cities
Lexington
Plymouth Colony
Boston
Atlantic Ocean
Salem
Massachusetts Bay
Religion
Do not enter if you are not a pure believer!
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1630 by John Winthrop and other Puritans. Its original name was Province of Massachusetts Bay and later became Massachusetts and Maine.
Atlantic Ocean
Major towns and cities included in the Massachusetts Bay Colony are Boston, Quincy, Salem, Lexington, and Concord.
There was absolutely no other religion accepted in the Massachusetts Bay Colony other than Puritanism. Religious services were very long and could easily last over 2 hours.
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Economy
The Puritans believed strongly in good education. In 1636, they founded Harvard University in Boston, which was a major city in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
The colonists made their living off of fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding. Although farming was difficult, they planted pumpkins and other crops.
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