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  2. Massachusetts Bay Colony - Wikipedia

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    Map depicting tribal distribution in southern New England, c. 1600; the political boundaries shown are modern Before the arrival of European colonists on the eastern shore of New England, the area around Massachusetts Bay was the territory of several Algonquian-speaking peoples, including the Massachusetts, Nausets, and Wampanoags.

  3. Province of Massachusetts Bay - Wikipedia

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    The Province of Massachusetts Bay [1] was a colony in New England which became one of the thirteen original states of the United States. It was chartered on October 7, 1691, by William III and Mary II, the joint monarchs of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and was based in the merging of several earlier British colonies in New England.

  4. Category:History of the Massachusetts Bay Colony - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 28 January 2024, at 15:14 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  5. Category:Colonial Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    History of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (3 C) P. People from colonial Massachusetts (20 C, 556 P) ... A Map of New England; C. Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company;

  6. Norfolk County, Massachusetts Colony - Wikipedia

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    Norfolk County in Massachusetts and New Hampshire (created in 1643 part of Massachusetts Bay Colony) had six towns shown in red and black. This is overlaid on a map of present-day MA and NH town borders in white. Norfolk County, Massachusetts Colony was one of the original four counties created in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The land was ...

  7. History of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The Pilgrims were followed by Puritans who established the Massachusetts Bay Colony at Salem (1629) and Boston (1630). [8] The Puritans strongly dissented from the theology and church polity of the Church of England, and they came to Massachusetts for religious freedom. [9] The Bay Colony was founded under a royal charter, unlike Plymouth Colony.

  8. Old Planters (Massachusetts) - Wikipedia

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    Some of the old planters, however, managed to thrive in the less tolerant religious atmosphere of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. [6] The subsequent changes in leadership, with first John Endecott and then John Winthrop, brought in some military discipline and also religious focus. After that, new planters came in successive waves.

  9. Category:1640s in the Massachusetts Bay Colony - Wikipedia

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    History portal; North America portal; ... 1640s establishments in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (10 C, 1 P) 0–9. 1640 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1 C, 1 P)