Title: Reasons for the Founding of Massachusetts in 1630 | Synonym
Headings: Reasons for the Founding of Massachusetts in 1630
Reasons for the Founding of Massachusetts in 1630
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1 Religious Motivation for Founding
2 The Massachusetts Bay Charter
3 The Founding of Boston
4 Emphasis on Education

Content: The Puritans' church became more local and self-sufficient as well; each Puritan church soon began selecting its own ministers. With the benefits of wealth and education, the Puritans instituted a freeman’s government that promoted religious tolerance and included a court and the election of a governor. The Puritans quickly established a reputation for their hard-working diligence and their religious devotion. 4 Emphasis on Education
The Puritans of Massachusetts appreciated the importance of education. Of the 1,000 colonists in the first migration to Massachusetts, 100 of them had received degrees from Cambridge or Oxford in England. John Harvard, a Puritan colonist and Cambridge-educated minister, came to Massachusetts but died shortly thereafter from tuberculosis. In furtherance of formal education within the colony, he bequeathed half of his small estate and his entire library collection to begin Harvard College, now Harvard University, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.