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  2. History of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Commonwealth of Toil: Chapters in the History of Massachusetts Workers and Their Unions (1996) Hall, Donald. ed. The Encyclopedia of New England (2005) Hart, Albert Bushnell ed.Commonwealth History of Massachusetts, Colony, Province and State (1927–30), a five volume in-depth history, covering political, economic, and social matters online

  3. Massachusetts Bay Colony - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by the owners of the Massachusetts Bay Company, including investors in the failed Dorchester Company, which had established a short-lived settlement on Cape Ann in 1623. The colony began in 1628 and was the company's second attempt at colonization.

  4. List of colonial governors of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The company dispatched John Endecott and a small company of settlers to Massachusetts Bay not long after acquiring the grant. [21] In 1629, the company received a royal charter as a means to guarantee its grant against other claims, and elected Endecott as the first colonial governor, while Cradock continued to govern the company in London. [22]

  5. Timeline of Boston - Wikipedia

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    Samuel Cole opened the first tavern in Boston, Massachusetts on March 4. 1635 – Boston Latin School founded. [3] 1636 – Town assumes the prerogatives of appointment and control of the Boston Watch. 1637 – Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts founded. 1638 Desiré slave ship arrives. [4] Anne Hutchinson excommunicated.

  6. Timeline of Colonial America - Wikipedia

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    1629 – New England Company reorganized as the Massachusetts Bay Company. 1629 Kiliaen van Rensselaer institutes the patroon system in New Netherland. [2] 1630 – Puritans found Boston and ten other settlements in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. John Winthrop preaches his City upon a Hill sermon. First meeting of the Massachusetts General Court.

  7. History of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635–1699 - Wikipedia

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    The history of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635–1699, begins with the first settlers' arrival in 1635 and runs to the end of the 17th century. The settlers, who built their village on land the native people called Tiot, incorporated the plantation in 1636.

  8. Dedham Pottery - Wikipedia

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    Dedham Pottery was an American art pottery company opened by the Robertson Family in Dedham, Massachusetts during the American arts & crafts movement that operated between 1896 and 1943. It was known for its high-fire stoneware characterized by a controlled and very fine crackle glaze with thick cobalt border designs.

  9. Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusetts Bay Company, like other colonial joint-stock companies, was to be a corporate entity as well as a governmental one. The first settlers of the colony were Puritans who sought to create a society based on their religious beliefs unfettered from the Royal Anglican government of the Kingdom of England. The settlers were to be ...