Massachusetts bay colony

Puritan children in Massachusetts Bay Colony were expected to strictly follow religious rules and help with chores. They received education to read the Bible but play was discouraged. Children attended long church services and any misbehavior was punished. The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 led to accusations of witchcraft against some residents. - Download as a PPT, PDF or view online for free

(1630) Plymouth & Massachusetts Bay Colonies

The Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies.

American Numismatic Society: Silver shilling of Massachusetts Bay Colony, Boston (Mass.), 1675. 2011.21.5

Among New England's most powerful Indian rulers, Massasoit (1580-1661), also called Ousamequin ("Yellow Feather"), was sachem (chief) of the Wampanoag people when the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth in 1620. Massasoit was born in the village of Pokanoket, near present-day Bristol RI. By signing a treaty with the Pilgrim settlers of Plymouth in 1621, and by faithfully observing its provisions, Massasoit guaranteed that the fledgling colony of Massachusetts Bay would survive.

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Plymouth Colony was a 17th Century British settlement and political unit on the east coast of North America. It was established in 1620; it became part of the Dominion of New England in 1686; in 1691 Plymouth and the Massachusetts Bay Colony were combined. Plymouth Colony included parts of New England, centered around Plymouth, Barnstable, and Bristol counties in Massachusetts. The Colony included parts of present-day Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Maine. She claimed land…

Stephen HOPKINS (1580 – 1644) (wiki) was Alex’s 11th Great Grandfather; one of 2,048 in this generation of the Shaw line. Stephen was the only Mayflower passenger who had previously bee…

In 1673, a Jesuit missionary, a fur trader, and a small group of canoe men traveled two thousand miles from what is now upper Michigan down to Arkansas and back.

How was Massachusetts Bay Colony Founded?

On October 7, 1691 the Massachusetts Charter was issued and establishes the Province of Massachusetts Bay as a royal British colony. Image: Early Map of Massachusetts Bay via New York Public Library Digital Collections, no known restrictions

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