Title: Colonial Massachusetts ***
Headings: Colonial Massachusetts
Colonial Massachusetts
Colonial Massachusetts
Colonial Massachusetts

Content: The Colony was founded in 1630 by John Winthrop and other Puritans, at Massachusetts Bay
Location: Colonial Massachusetts was one of the original 13 English colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America, as shown on the map
Region: The 13 colonies were divided into three geographic regions consisting of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies. The Massachusetts Colony was classified as one of the New England Colonies
Geography & Climate: Mountains, trees, rivers but poor rocky soil that was difficult to farm and unsuitable for crops. Mild, short summers and long, cold winters
Colonial Massachusetts was the 6th of the original 13 colonies to become a state on February 6, 1788

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New England Colonies
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Middle Colonies
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Southern Colonies



The History of Colonial Massachusetts
The area was first explored by John Cabot in 1498. Bartholomew Gosnold (1572 - 1607) then explored the coast in 1602 shortly followed by Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635) in 1604. In 1620 the Mayflower ship transported 102 English Puritans and Separatists led by the Pilgrim Fathers, from a site near the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Pilgrims establish their own government, the basis of which was the Mayflower Compact, which was drafted on their journey to the New World. In 1620 John Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges received land in northern New England which became the Massachusetts Bay Colony.