Massachusetts Bay Company

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chartered company colonial company joint-stock company

The Massachusetts Bay Company was a 17th-century English joint-stock company that organized and financed the Puritan settlement and governance of what became the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chartered company ⓘ
colonial company ⓘ
joint-stock company ⓘ
charterDate 1629 ⓘ
charterGrantedBy Charles I of England ⓘ
charterRevocationDate 1684 ⓘ
charterRevokedBy Kingdom of England ⓘ
surface form: English Crown
charterType royal charter ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England ⓘ
endTime 1684 ⓘ
financed Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
founded 1628 ⓘ
foundedBy Puritanism ⓘ
surface form: English Puritans

Isaac Johnson ⓘ
John Winthrop ⓘ
Richard Saltonstall ⓘ
Thomas Dudley ⓘ
governed Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
grantedRights land in New England ⓘ
self-government in the colony ⓘ
hasPurpose colonization of New England ⓘ
establish a Puritan settlement in North America ⓘ
profit from colonial trade and land ⓘ
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
historicalEra Colonial America ⓘ
influenced Puritan religious and social order in Massachusetts ⓘ
development of representative government in New England ⓘ
languageOfOperation English ⓘ
legalStatus corporation under English law ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
locatedIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
mainEconomicActivities fishing ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ
land speculation ⓘ
timber trade ⓘ
mergedInto Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
movedCharterDate 1630 ⓘ
movedCharterTo New England ⓘ
notableShip Arbella ⓘ
operatedIn Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
New England ⓘ
organized Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
partOf British America ⓘ
surface form: English colonial empire
regionServed Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Congregationalism ⓘ
religiousCharacter Puritan ⓘ
startTime 1628 ⓘ
successor Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
transported Puritan settlers to New England ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Model of Christian Charity → associatedWith → Massachusetts Bay Company ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony → foundedBy → Massachusetts Bay Company ⓘ
royal charter of Massachusetts Bay → grantedTo → Massachusetts Bay Company ⓘ
royal charter of Massachusetts Bay → grantedTo → Massachusetts Bay Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England
Thomas Dudley → memberOf → Massachusetts Bay Company ⓘ