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.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
Massachusetts Bay Colony canonical 341
Province of Massachusetts Bay 6
Massachusetts Bay Colony authorities 4

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colony ⓘ
Puritan settlement ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
borderedBy Connecticut Colony ⓘ
New Hampshire Colony ⓘ
Plymouth Colony ⓘ
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations ⓘ
surface form: Rhode Island Colony
capital Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
charterGrantedBy Charles I of England ⓘ
charterGrantedInYear 1629 ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
economy fishing ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
trade ⓘ
foundedBy Puritanism ⓘ
surface form: 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 Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
surface form: General Court of Massachusetts
locatedIn New England ⓘ
North America ⓘ
majorPort Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
majorTown Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
surface form: Charlestown

Dorchester ⓘ
Roxbury ⓘ
Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: 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 Empire ⓘ
surface form: British America

Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
politicalSystem self-governing colony ⓘ
theocratic elements ⓘ
predecessor Plymouth Colony ⓘ
religion Congregationalism ⓘ
Puritanism ⓘ
successor Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
todayPartOf Maine ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ

Referenced by (369)

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

Harvard University → foundedInColonialPeriod → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies → hasPart → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Massachusetts Bay
John Harvard → movedTo → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
John Harvard → countryOfBurial → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
John Harvard → associatedWith → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Boston Tea Party → colony → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Massachusetts Bay
Salem witch trials → location → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Salem witch trials → governingAuthority → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts colonial legislature → country → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts colonial legislature → appliesToJurisdiction → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts colonial legislature → legislativeBodyFor → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts colonial legislature → appliesToJurisdiction → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony → country → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony → earlySettlementOf → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony → partOf → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony → governedBy → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Massachusetts Bay Colony government
Cotton Mather → countryOfCitizenship → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Rebecca Nurse → immigratedTo → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) → locatedIn → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
subject surface form: Salem Village
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) → governedBy → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
subject surface form: Salem Village
this entity surface form: Massachusetts colonial government
the college at Newtowne → country → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Great Migration of Puritans → destination → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Puritanism → majorCenter → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Samuel Parris → countryOfResidence → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Samuel Parris → associatedWith → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Tituba → placeOfResidence → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Governor William Phips later prohibited further arrests for witchcraft → hasJurisdiction → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Massachusetts colonial government
Minutemen → activeIn → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Minuteman companies → location → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Pequot War → hasMainBelligerent → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Crispus Attucks → regionOfActivity → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Thomas Gage → areaOfActivity → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
royal charter of Massachusetts Bay → appliesToJurisdiction → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
town of Salem (historical jurisdiction) → locatedIn → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Increase Mather → countryOfCitizenship → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
King Philip's War → locatedIn → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
King Philip's War → mainBelligerent → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations → borderedBy → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colony of Massachusetts Bay
Elizabeth Howe → countryOfCitizenship → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
British colonial authorities → exercisedPowerIn → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Half-Way Covenant controversy → appliesToJurisdiction → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
colonial records of Massachusetts Bay → country → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
subject surface form: Colonial Records of Massachusetts Bay
colonial records of Massachusetts Bay → appliesToJurisdiction → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
subject surface form: Colonial Records of Massachusetts Bay
colonial records of Massachusetts Bay → subject → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
subject surface form: Colonial Records of Massachusetts Bay
this entity surface form: Massachusetts Bay Colony government
Connecticut Colony → borderedBy → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Colonial America → hasPart → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Thomas Putnam → country → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
John Proctor → country → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Francis Nurse → residence → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Martha Corey → country → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ