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.

Bridget Bishop → countryOfDeath → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
The Scarlet Letter → setInPlace → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Francis Smith → locationOfActivity → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
John Endecott → colony → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
John Winthrop → electedGovernorOf → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
John Winthrop → colonyFounded → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Sarah Good → placeOfBirth → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Sarah Good → countryOfCitizenship → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Mystic Massacre → combatant → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Massachusetts Bay Colony forces
William Stoughton → citizenship → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Maria Cotton Mather → residence → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Maria Cotton Mather → countryOfCitizenship → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Samuel Sewall → countryOfCitizenship → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
John Hathorne → countryOfCitizenship → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
John Hathorne → activeInTerritory → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Company → organized → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Company → financed → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Company → governed → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Company → operatedIn → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Wait Winthrop → birthPlace → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Wait Winthrop → countryOfCitizenship → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Province of Massachusetts Bay → precededBy → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Katherine Rogers → locatedIn → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
subject surface form: Harvard College
George Burroughs → residence → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
George Burroughs → colony → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
New Hampshire Colony → borderedBy → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Susannah Martin → countryOfCitizenship → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
George Jacobs Sr. → countryOfCitizenship → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Richard Mather → deathPlace → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Richard Mather → emigratedTo → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Mary Easty → countryOfCitizenship → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
John Cotton → emigratedTo → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
John Cotton → citizenshipAfterMigration → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Sarah Osborne → countryOfCitizenship → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Pequot people → conflictWith → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Anne Hutchinson → immigratedTo → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Anne Hutchinson → conflict → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Massachusetts Bay Colony authorities
Jonathan Corwin → countryOfCitizenship → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Jonathan Corwin → jurisdiction → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Committees of Correspondence → locatedIn → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Elizabeth (Betty) Parris → countryOfBirth → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
subject surface form: Elizabeth Parris
Elizabeth (Betty) Parris → citizenship → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
subject surface form: Elizabeth Parris
Thomas Hooker → emigratedTo → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Book I: Antiquities → subject → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
this entity surface form: New England Puritan settlement
The Order of the Gospel → placeOfInfluence → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
New England clergy → associatedWith → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Salem, Massachusetts → partOf → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
American colonial assemblies → locatedIn → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits → countryOfOrigin → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Massachusetts Body of Liberties → country → Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ