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Map showing the present-day state of Massachusetts with colonial boundaries highlighted for the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629) and Plymouth Colony (1630). Indigenous groups such as the Mohican, Pocumtuc, Nipmuc, Pennacook, Wampanoag, and Nauset are labeled in their respective regions. Key colonial settlements like Boston, Salem, and Plymouth are marked, and a red arrow indicates the Pilgrims' 1620 route to Cape Cod Bay. The map is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and features major bays including
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Anne Hutchinson. Illustration from 1916. (died 1643) One of the founders of Rhode Island. Banished by Puritans from Massachusetts Bay Colony. Believed in freedom of religion. Religious leader.
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Modified link of Web site: Khan Academy - Puritan New England: Massachusetts Bay. Jan 13, 2026
Questions and answers added. Feb 13, 2025
Add new Web site: National Humanities Center - MASSACHUSETTS-BAY: A Colony of Loyal Britons? Oct 15, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Discourse of early migration to Massachusetts Bay colony. Apr 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Puritan New England: Massachusetts Bay. Dec 04, 2023
Add new Web site: Colonial Society of Massachusetts - An Overview of Massachusetts History to 1820. Oct 17, 2023
Add new Web site: American History Central - Massachusetts Bay Colony. Sep 07, 2023
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Massachusetts Bay Colony. Oct 19, 2022
Add new Web site: Charter for Compassion - Massachusetts Bay Colony. Jul 03, 2022
Add new Web site: Colonial America - Massachusetts Colony. Jun 06, 2021
Corrected display issue. Mar 19, 2020
Media added. Mar 16, 2020
Corrected display issue. Jul 18, 2017
Add new Web site: PBS - The American Experience - The Pilgrims. Nov 18, 2016
Add new Web site: PBS - The American Experience - The Pilgrims. Nov 18, 2016
Media added. May 11, 2015
Article revised and expanded. May 05, 2015
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Massachusetts Bay Colony. Apr 05, 2014
Add new Web site: United States History - Massachusetts Bay Colony. Aug 29, 2010
Locator map added. Feb 05, 2009
Article revised. Feb 05, 2009
Added new Web site: America Online - The Massachusetts Bay Colony. Feb 06, 2007
Added new Web site: US History E-Text - Massachusetts Bay. Feb 06, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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