Title: History of Massachusetts - Wikipedia
Headings: History of Massachusetts
History of Massachusetts
Contents
Before European settlement
Pilgrims and Puritans: 1620–1629
Massachusetts Bay Colony: 1628–1686
Dominion of New England: 1686–1692
Royal Province of Massachusetts Bay: 1692–1774
Economy
Banking
Wars with France
Disasters
Politics
Revolutionary Massachusetts: 1760s–1780s
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
American Revolution
Federalist Era: 1780–1815
The new constitution
Shays' Rebellion
Johnny Appleseed
Early industrial period: 1815–1860
Industrial development
Railroads
Whaling
Political and social movements
Know Nothing movement
Civil War and Gilded Age: 1860–1900
Invention of basketball and volleyball
Industrial advance
Prosperity decades: 1900–29
Depression and war: 1929–1945
Economic changes: decline of manufacturing, 1945–1985
The Kennedy family
Modern economy and society: 1985–present
The Big Dig
Boundaries
Founding grants
New Hampshire boundary
Rhode Island eastern border
Rhode Island northern border
Connecticut border
New York border
Maine
See also
Notes
Further reading
Surveys
Specialized scholarly studies
To 1780
1780–1900
1900–present
Primary sources
External links

Content: They abandoned it in 1623, and it was replaced by another small colony led by Robert Gorges. This settlement also failed, and individuals from these colonies returned to England, joined the Plymouth colonists, or established individual outposts elsewhere on the shores of Massachusetts Bay. In 1624, the Dorchester Company established a settlement on Cape Ann. This colony only survived until 1626, although a few settlers remained. Massachusetts Bay Colony: 1628–1686
Major boundaries of Massachusetts Bay and neighboring colonial claims in the 17th century and 18th century; modern state boundaries are partially overlaid for context
Main articles: Massachusetts Bay Colony and Plymouth Colony
The Pilgrims were followed by Puritans who established the Massachusetts Bay Colony at Salem (1629) and Boston (1630). The Puritans strongly dissented from the theology and church polity of the Church of England, and they came to Massachusetts for religious freedom. The Bay Colony was founded under a royal charter, unlike Plymouth Colony.