Massachusetts+Bay

Welcome to the Amazing Massachusetts Bay Colony!!!! media type="custom" key="8532756"media type="custom" key="8533136" 1400s 1498 - Explorer John Cabot Sails Along Massachusetts Coast 1600s 1602 - Bartholomew Gosnold Explores Southern Maine to Cape Cod 1606 - King James I Grants Charter to Plymouth Company 1620 - Colony at Plymouth established after Mayflower Voyage 1622 - Colony at Weymouth established by Robert Gorges (fails 1624) 1628 - Colony at Salem established by John Endicott 1636 - Harvard College Established at Cambridge 1638 - Slave Ship Desire Arrives at Salem from Nicaraguan Coast 1641 - Province of New Hampshire merged into Mass Bay Colony 1643 - N.E. Confederation Established (MA, Plymouth, CT, New Haven) 1648 - Margaret Jones, Herbal Practitioner, Hanged as a Witch at Boston 1652 - First coins minted in English Colonies at Boston 1675 - King Philip's War (Wampanoags) Endangers Colony for 3 Years 1659 - William Leddra Hanged at Boston for Practicing Quaker Religion 1680 - Province of New Hampshire Separated from Mass Bay Colony 1684 - King Charles II Revokes Mass Charter due to Insubordination 1686 - Dominion of N.E. Established (MA, CT, Provinces in ME, NH, RI) 1688 - NY, East Jersey, and West Jersey Provinces join Dominion 1688 - Kings James II Overthrown, Dominion Soon Disintegrates 1689 - Governor Andros Arrested and Jailed by People at Boston 1689 - Lieutenant Governor Nicholson Arrested at New York 1692 - Province of Mass Bay Implements Charter (MA, ME, NS, NB) 1692 - Salem Witch Hysteria Occurs 1700s 1710 - Britain Conquers French Acadia after Siege of Port Royal NS 1711 - Great Boston Fire Occurs, nearly 400 Buildings Destroyed 1721 - Small Pox Epidemic at Boston, 844 People Perish 1741 - Final Separation of New Hampshire from Massachusetts 1745 - French Fort at Louisbourg, Cape Breton, NS Captured by British 1748 - Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle returns Louisbourg to French Control 1754 - French and Indian War between France and England until 1760 1756 - North American War expands to Europe as Seven Years War 1758 - British Capture Louisbourg NS after Second Siege 1760 - British Crackdown on Smuggling to Increase Tax Revenues 1800s 1820 - Final Separation of Maine from the State of Massachusetts For more information, go to................. **[]** <-- Massachusetts Bay Map #1 <-Massachusetts Bay Map #2

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< That is John Endicott. In 1628, a group of distinguished Puritan businessmen formed a venture named the Governor and Company of Massachusetts Bay, which was initially conceived as a profit-making endeavor in the New World. < That is the colonys seal.

<--This is the Massachusetts Bay Flag. DID YOU KNOW? For more info go to........ [|http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_were_the_major_towns_of_MassaConcordchusetts_Colony#ixzz1F0J8QQ9P]
 * 1) Massachusetts Bay means Large Hill Place
 * 2) Massachusetts Bay was estableshed in 1628
 * 3) Massachusetts Bay was founded by John Winthrop
 * 4) Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry all signed the Decleration of Independence for Massachusettes Bay
 * 5) John Winthrop founded Massachusetts Bay because of religous reasons
 * 6) Massachusetts Bay Colony's main source of trade is farm and lumber.
 * 7) Major Cities in Massachusetts Bay are Boston, Quincy, Plymouth, Salem, Lexington,
 * 8) They wanted religous freedom
 * 9) The early leaders were William Bradford and John Winthrop
 * 10) The group that found it were puritains