Massachusetts Bay Colony

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British colony Puritan settlement former colony

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a 17th-century English Puritan settlement in New England that became a major political, religious, and cultural center and a foundation for the future state of Massachusetts.

Aliases (10)

Province of Massachusetts Bay ×6
Massachusetts colonial government ×3
Colony of Massachusetts Bay ×2
Massachusetts Bay Colony authorities ×2
Massachusetts Bay Colony government ×2
Massachusetts Bay Colony (through her husband) ×1
Massachusetts Bay Colony forces ×1
New England Puritan settlement ×1
Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony ×1
Puritan community of Massachusetts Bay Colony ×1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony → Puritan settlement → former colony →
borderedBy	Connecticut Colony → New Hampshire Colony → Plymouth Colony → Rhode Island Colony →
capital	Boston →
charterGrantedBy	Charles I of England →
charterGrantedInYear	1629 →
country	Kingdom of England →
economy	fishing → shipbuilding → subsistence farming → trade →
foundedBy	English Puritans → Massachusetts Bay Company →
foundedByPerson	John Winthrop →
foundedInYear	1630 →
governor	John Endecott → John Winthrop → Thomas Dudley →
influenced	New England religious culture → United States political culture →
language	English →
legalSystem	English common law → Puritan religious law influences →
legislature	General Court of Massachusetts →
locatedIn	New England → North America →
majorPort	Boston →
majorTown	Cambridge → Charlestown → Dorchester → Roxbury → Salem →
mergedInto	Province of Massachusetts Bay →
mergedInYear	1691 →
motto	A city upon a hill →
notableEvent	Great Migration of Puritans → King Philip's War → Pequot War → Salem witch trials → revocation of charter in 1684 →
partOf	British America → Thirteen Colonies →
politicalSystem	self-governing colony → theocratic elements →
predecessor	Plymouth Colony →
religion	Congregationalism → Puritanism →
successor	Commonwealth of Massachusetts →
todayPartOf	Maine → Massachusetts →

Referenced by (194)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bartholomew Gedney → Cotton Mather → Elizabeth Howe → George Jacobs Sr. → Increase Mather → John Hathorne → Jonathan Corwin → Jonathan Corwin → Joseph Dudley → Maria Cotton Mather → Martha Carrier → Mary Easty → Mercy Dudley → Paul Dudley → Samuel Dudley → Samuel Mather → Samuel Sewall → Sarah Dudley → Sarah Good → Sarah Osborne → Sarah Wildes → Susannah Martin → Wait Winthrop →	countryOfCitizenship
Fast Day (Massachusetts) → John Harvard → Margaret Tyndal → Mather family → New England Way → New England clergy → Remember Allerton → Samuel Parris → Thomasine Clopton ("Massachusetts Bay Colony (through her husband)") → Winthrop family → Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils →	associatedWith
Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony → Colonial Records of Massachusetts Bay → Elizabeth Eldridge → John Proctor → Martha Corey → Massachusetts Body of Liberties → Massachusetts colonial legislature ("Province of Massachusetts Bay") → Thomas Putnam → the college at Newtowne →	country
Anne Bradstreet → Francis Nurse → George Burroughs → James Howe Jr. → Maria Cotton Mather → Paul Dudley → Roger Williams → Samuel Dudley → William Good →	residence
American colonial assemblies → Committees of Correspondence → Harvard College → Howe family of Ipswich and Topsfield → King Philip's War → Putnam family faction in Salem Village → Salem Village → town of Salem (historical jurisdiction) →	locatedIn
Colonial Records of Massachusetts Bay → General Courts (colonial New England) → Half-Way Covenant controversy → Massachusetts colonial legislature ("Province of Massachusetts Bay") → Massachusetts colonial legislature → New England Confederation → royal charter of Massachusetts Bay →	appliesToJurisdiction
Elizabeth Parris → James Howe Jr. → James Otis Jr. ("Colony of Massachusetts Bay") → John Leverett → Sarah Cloyce → William Stoughton →	citizenship
A Call from Heaven → A Model of Christian Charity → Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits → The Diary of Samuel Sewall → The Journal of John Winthrop → The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America →	countryOfOrigin
Anne Bradstreet → Benjamin Franklin’s parents → Boston Tea Party ("Province of Massachusetts Bay") → George Burroughs → John Endecott →	colony
Massachusetts Body of Liberties → Minuteman companies → Salem witch trials → Siege of Brookfield → The Diary of Samuel Sewall →	location
Braintree, Province of Massachusetts Bay → Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony → Howe family of Ipswich and Topsfield ("Puritan community of Massachusetts Bay Colony") → Salem, Massachusetts → Weymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay →	partOf
Bartholomew Gedney → Jonathan Corwin → Jonathan Corwin → Massachusetts Body of Liberties →	jurisdiction
Mercy Dudley → Patience Dudley → Sarah Dudley → Tituba →	placeOfResidence
John Mason → John Underhill → Minutemen →	activeIn
Dorothy Quincy → Putnam family → Thoughts on Standing Armies →	associatedWithPlace
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ("Colony of Massachusetts Bay") → Connecticut Colony → New Hampshire Colony →	borderedBy
John Cotton → Richard Mather → Thomas Hooker →	emigratedTo
Colonial America → New England Colonies → Thirteen Colonies ("Province of Massachusetts Bay") →	hasPart
The Journal of John Winthrop → The Scarlet Letter (1934 film) → The Scarlet Letter (1973 film) →	narrativeLocation
Metacom → Metacomet → Philip (King Philip) →	opponent
Hester Prynne ("Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony") → The Scarlet Letter → The Scarlet Letter (1995 film) →	setInPlace
Samuel Parris → Sarah Cloyce →	countryOfResidence
Arbella → Great Migration of Puritans →	destination
Bartholomew Gedney ("Massachusetts colonial government") → Benjamin Church →	employer
Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony ("Massachusetts Bay Colony government") → Salem Village ("Massachusetts colonial government") →	governedBy
Anne Hutchinson → Rebecca Nurse →	immigratedTo
John Pitcairn → Samuel Sewall →	placeOfActivity
Sarah Good → Sir William Phips →	placeOfBirth
Dominion of New England → Province of Massachusetts Bay →	precededBy
Crispus Attucks → Margaret Kemble Gage →	regionOfActivity
Book I: Antiquities ("New England Puritan settlement") → Colonial Records of Massachusetts Bay ("Massachusetts Bay Colony government") →	subject
John Hathorne →	activeInTerritory
John Leverett →	allegiance
Thomas Gage →	areaOfActivity
Wait Winthrop →	birthPlace
The Selling of Joseph →	circulationArea
John Cotton →	citizenshipAfterMigration
John Winthrop →	colonyFounded
Mystic Massacre ("Massachusetts Bay Colony forces") →	combatant
Anne Hutchinson ("Massachusetts Bay Colony authorities") →	conflict
Pequot people →	conflictWith
Elizabeth Parris →	countryOfBirth
John Harvard →	countryOfBurial
Bridget Bishop →	countryOfDeath
Richard Mather →	deathPlace
Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony →	earlySettlementOf
John Winthrop →	electedGovernorOf
British colonial authorities →	exercisedPowerIn
Massachusetts Bay Company →	financed
Harvard University →	foundedInColonialPeriod
Administration of Justice Act 1774 →	geographicFocus
Massachusetts Bay Company →	governed
John Leverett →	governedTerritory
Salem witch trials ("Province of Massachusetts Bay") →	governingAuthority
John Winthrop →	governorOf
Governor William Phips later prohibited further arrests for witchcraft ("Massachusetts colonial government") →	hasJurisdiction
Salem witch trials →	hasLocation
Pequot War →	hasMainBelligerent
Congregationalism →	historicalCenter
Roxbury →	historicallyPartOf
Edward Bishop →	historicalRegion
Dominion of New England →	includesTerritory
Massachusetts colonial legislature ("Province of Massachusetts Bay") →	legislativeBodyFor
Benjamin Franklin’s parents →	livedIn
Francis Smith →	locationOfActivity
King Philip's War →	mainBelligerent
The Journal of John Winthrop →	mainSubject
Puritanism →	majorCenter
New England Confederation →	member
Apollos Rivoire →	migratedTo
John Harvard →	movedTo
Massachusetts Bay Company →	operatedIn
Massachusetts Bay Company →	organized
The Order of the Gospel →	placeOfInfluence
Massachusetts Body of Liberties →	placeOfOrigin
Adam Winthrop →	regionAssociatedWith
John Mason ("Massachusetts Bay Colony authorities") →	servedUnder
Arthur Dimmesdale →	setting
Roger Chillingworth →	settingOfWork