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Massachusetts Bay Colony

Massachusetts Bay Colony Events

1629 Mar Puritan Leaders Obtain Charter to Establish Colony at Massachusetts Bay
The Puritan population in England had been growing for many years leading up to this time. They disagreed with the practices of the Church of England, whose rituals they viewed as superst...
1630 John Winthrop Delivers "City Upon a Hill" Sermon Aboard the Arbella, Heading En Route to Colonial America
Now the only way to avoid this shipwreck, and to provide for our posterity, is to follow the counsel of Micah, to do justly, to love mercy, to walk humbly with our God. For this end, we m...
1630 Apr 8 The Winthrop Fleet Departs from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, for Colonial America
The group departed Yarmouth, Isle of Wight on April 8. Seven hundred men, women, and children were distributed among the ships of the fleet. The voyage itself was rather uneventful, the d...
1630 Jun 12 The Wintrhop Fleet Arrives in Salem, Massachussets
The group departed Yarmouth, Isle of Wight on April 8. Seven hundred men, women, and children were distributed among the ships of the fleet. The voyage itself was rather uneventful, the d...
1688 Apr Dominion of New England is Dissolved
In 1686, the entire region was reorganized under a single government known as the Dominion of New England; this included the colonies of Plymouth, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay, Connect...
1691 Oct 17 Plymouth Colony Annexed to Massachusetts Bay Colony
In 1686, the entire region was reorganized under a single government known as the Dominion of New England; this included the colonies of Plymouth, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay, Connect...
1692 May 14 Plymouth Colony is Dissolved with Arrival of Charter Annexing it to Massachusetts Bay Colony
In 1686, the entire region was reorganized under a single government known as the Dominion of New England; this included the colonies of Plymouth, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay, Connect...
1692 Jun 8 Last Official Meeting of the Plymouth General Court
In 1686, the entire region was reorganized under a single government known as the Dominion of New England; this included the colonies of Plymouth, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay, Connect...