Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (sometimes called the Massachusetts Bay Company, for the institution that founded it) was an English settlement on the coast of North America in the 1600s, centered around the present-day city of Boston, which is now in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one of the 50 United States.
Related Topics:
Boston - Massachusetts - United States
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Caution: Some sources use Julian calendar dates before 1753.
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~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Previous nearby settlements |
| ► | Predecessor companies |
| ► | A Puritan colony |
| ► | The seeds of democracy |
| ► | Later history |
| ► | Governors of the Massachusetts Bay Colony |
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