Province of Massachusetts Bay

E17688
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.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Colonial Massachusetts 3
Province of Massachusetts Bay government 2
Province of Massachusetts Bay era (1691–1776) 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.

George Burroughs → jurisdictionOfTrial → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
John Hancock → livedIn → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
William Good → livedInPoliticalEntity → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Boston Sons of Liberty → locatedIn → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Braintree, Province of Massachusetts Bay → locatedIn → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Falmouth Neck → locatedIn → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Liberty Tree → locatedIn → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Elizabeth Parris → locatedIn → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
subject surface form: Salem Village
Salem Village meetinghouse → locatedIn → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Stockbridge Indian mission → locatedIn → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Weymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay → locatedIn → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Cambridge Farms → locatedInColony → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
John Vassall Jr. → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Battle of Chelsea Creek → location → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Boston campaign → location → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Siege of Boston → location → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony → mergedInto → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Company → mergedInto → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Plymouth Colony → mergedInto → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Plymouth → mergedInto → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
subject surface form: Plymouth, Massachusetts
Siege of Louisbourg (1745) → organizedBy → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Massachusetts Bay government
Menotomy → partOf → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Queen Anne's War → participant → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Attack on Deerfield → place → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Reverend Jonas Clarke → placeOfActivity → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
subject surface form: Jonas Clarke
Paul Revere → placeOfBirth → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Robert Treat Paine → placeOfBirth → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Sir John Copley → placeOfBirth → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
James Caldwell → placeOfDeath → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Samuel Gray → placeOfDeath → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
John Vassall Jr. → residence → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Patrick Carr → residence → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Rachel Walker → residence → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Samuel Gray → residence → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Sarah Orne → residence → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Joseph Dudley → servedIn → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Massachusetts Bay government
Massachusetts Bay Company → successor → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Plymouth Colony → successor → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Superior Court of Judicature → territorialExtent → Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Massachusetts Bay including present-day Maine