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King Philip's War - 1675
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Salem Witch Trials - 1692
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
In 1630 John Winthrop organized a fleet of 11 ships to carry almost 1000 immigrants from England to America and founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Massachusetts Bay Colony
Background
Earliest exploration of the New England area was done by Giovanni de Verrazano in 1524. In 1614, English Captain John Smith sailed here and extensively explored the area. His writings provided the basis early Colonists to make their plans. The first English Colony was at Jamestown Virginia in 1607. The second was the founding of Plymouth_Colony in 1620 in Massachusetts. Both were actually very small settlements that only just barely survived. There were a couple of settlements that either collapsed or were abandoned and the settlers returned to Europe. The next big colony push was John Winthrop leading a small flotilla in 1630 to settle near the area of present day Boston. It was named the Massachusetts Bay Colony after the name of the indian tribes that lived in that area.