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Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
In 1630 a group of people called Puritans left England for North America. The settlement they started in America was called the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Puritans were a group of Protestant Christians with strict religious beliefs. They disagreed with some practices of England’s official church, the Church of England. The English government mistreated them because of their beliefs. The Puritans wanted to find a place where they could practice their religion in peace. In 1629 King Charles I of England gave a group of Puritans permission to trade and settle in America. The group was called the Massachusetts Bay Company. The Massachusetts Bay Company sent more than 1,000 Puritans across the Atlantic Ocean in 1630. They were the first settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.