Province of Massachusetts Bay

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British colony former colony province of the Kingdom of Great Britain

The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a British colonial territory in New England that combined several earlier colonies and served as a major political, economic, and cultural center leading up to the American Revolution.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Colonial Massachusetts	3
Province of Massachusetts Bay government	2
Province of Massachusetts Bay era (1691–1776)	1
Province of Massachusetts Bay including present-day Maine	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony ⓘ former colony ⓘ province of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
associatedWith	Intolerable Acts ⓘ
borderedBy	Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ Connecticut Colony ⓘ Province of New Hampshire ⓘ Province of New York ⓘ Province of Quebec ⓘ
capital	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston
charterGrantedBy	Mary II of England ⓘ William III of England ⓘ
charterType	royal charter ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
currency	Massachusetts pound ⓘ
dateEstablished	1691 ⓘ 1692-05-14 ⓘ
dissolved	1783 ⓘ American Revolutionary War era ⓘ
economy	fishing ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ small-scale farming ⓘ timber exports ⓘ
executiveHead	Governor William Phips ⓘ surface form: Governor of Massachusetts Bay
followedBy	Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Maine ⓘ surface form: State of Maine
governmentType	royal colony government ⓘ
importantCity	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston
importantPort	Boston Harbor ⓘ
includedTerritory	present-day Maine ⓘ present-day Massachusetts ⓘ
introducedLaw	Administration of Justice Act ⓘ Intolerable Acts ⓘ surface form: Massachusetts Government Act
knownFor	Puritan cultural influence ⓘ strong town-meeting tradition ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	English common law ⓘ
legislature	Massachusetts General Court ⓘ surface form: General Court of Massachusetts
locatedIn	British America ⓘ New England ⓘ
militaryConflict	Seven Years' War ⓘ surface form: French and Indian War King George's War ⓘ King William's War ⓘ Queen Anne's War ⓘ
notableEvent	Salem witch trials ⓘ
notableEventDate	1692 ⓘ
notableGovernor	Thomas Gage ⓘ Thomas Hutchinson ⓘ Governor William Phips ⓘ surface form: William Phips William Shirley ⓘ
partOf	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
playedRoleIn	American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American Revolution
precededBy	Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ Nova Scotia ⓘ surface form: Nova Scotia (mainland portion, briefly) Plymouth Colony ⓘ Maine ⓘ surface form: Province of Maine
religion	Congregationalism ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ
sentDelegatesTo	First Continental Congress ⓘ Second Continental Congress ⓘ
siteOf	Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ Boston Massacre ⓘ Boston Tea Party ⓘ Siege of Boston ⓘ

Referenced by (90)

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

John Parker → allegiance → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Deputy Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay → appliesDuringPeriod → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of Massachusetts Bay era (1691–1776)

Administration of Justice Act → appliesToJurisdiction → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

subject surface form: Administration of Justice Act 1774

Deputy Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay → appliesToJurisdiction → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Intolerable Acts → appliesToJurisdiction → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Superior Court of Judicature → appliesToJurisdiction → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Captain Thomas Preston → associatedPlace → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Essays in the Boston Gazette → associatedWithPlace → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Battle of Bunker Hill → belligerent → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Boston campaign → belligerent → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

King George's War → belligerent → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Siege of Louisbourg (1745) → belligerent → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

John Singleton Copley → birthPlace → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Province of New Hampshire → borderedBy → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Province of New York → borderedBy → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

William Dawes → citizenship → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Pilgrims → colonyMergedInto → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of Massachusetts Bay → compilerCitizenship → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Colonel John Quincy → country → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Katherine Rogers → country → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

subject surface form: Harvard College

this entity surface form: Colonial Massachusetts

James Barrett → country → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Massachusetts Provincial Artillery Regiment → country → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Superior Court of Judicature → country → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

William Dawes’s warning ride → country → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Battles of Lexington and Concord → countryAtTime → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Townshend Acts era → countryInvolved → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

William Price → countryOfActivity → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Sewall → countryOfCitizenship → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

subject surface form: Jonathan Sewall

Samuel Maverick → countryOfCitizenship → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Sewall → countryOfCitizenship → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

subject surface form: Stephen Sewall

George Whitefield → countryOfDeath → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Sarah Cloyce → countryOfDeath → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

William Stoughton → countryOfGovernance → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

The Selling of Joseph → countryOfPublication → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Massachusetts

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court → createdBy → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Wait Winthrop → deathPlace → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Dominion of New England → followedBy → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Province of New England → followedBy → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Governor William Phips → governedTerritory → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

subject surface form: William Phips

Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont → governorOf → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Boston Massacre → hasLocation → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Governor William Phips later prohibited further arrests for witchcraft → hasLocation → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War → hasLocation → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Phips → hasNotableHistoricalAssociation → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

United Colonies → hasPart → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Remarkable Providences → historicalContext → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Massachusetts

Bartholomew Gedney → historicalRegion → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

George Jacobs Sr. → historicalRegion → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Court of Oyer and Terminer → jurisdiction → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ

Paul Dudley → jurisdiction → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ