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Who founded Massachusetts in America? Why?
John Winthrop & the Puritans Founded the Self-Governing Colony of Massachusetts
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John Winthrop & the Puritans Founded the Self-Governing Colony of Massachusetts
Beginning in 1629, a decade after the first Pilgrims arrived in North America, a large group of English Puritans began a “great migration” to America. The Puritans shared many of the Pilgrims’ radically reformed religious and political views, and they did not find a favorable environment for their views and their hopes for the church in England. Like the Pilgrims, they desired religious freedom and self-government. In 1629, King Charles in England granted the Puritans a royal charter to plant the colony of Massachusetts Bay in America. The charter granted authority to the Massachusetts Bay Company, a commercial venture overseen by Puritans, to govern the colony. The Puritans—about 700 to 1000 on eleven ships—set sail to America and arrived in Massachusetts, near Plymouth, in 1630. The Puritans founded the colony of Massachusetts which would eventually absorb the Pilgrims’ colony of Plymouth. John Winthrop and the Puritans
In a distinctive move, the Puritans brought their charter with them to America.