Massachusetts Bay region

E535929

coastal region historic region region of New England

The Massachusetts Bay region is a historic coastal area in New England that became a central hub of early English colonization and Puritan settlement in North America.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Massachusetts Bay area	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coastal region ⓘ historic region ⓘ region of New England ⓘ
borders	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
climate	humid continental climate ⓘ
coastType	drowned coastline with many harbors and inlets ⓘ
colonialPower	Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonizedBy	English settlers ⓘ
contains	Boston Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ Massachusetts Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ North Shore of Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ South Shore of Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ city of Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ city of Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ city of Salem NERFINISHED ⓘ town of Plymouth NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
earlyEconomy	fishing ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ small-scale agriculture ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole	center of Puritan settlement in North America ⓘ center of early English colonization in New England ⓘ
historicalSignificance	cradle of New England colonial culture ⓘ early center of self-governing English colonies ⓘ
indigenousPeoples	Massachusett people NERFINISHED ⓘ Pawtucket people NERFINISHED ⓘ Wampanoag people NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	development of American Puritanism ⓘ political culture of New England ⓘ
languageDuringColonialPeriod	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic coast of the United States ⓘ New England ⓘ North America ⓘ
majorPortInColonialEra	Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ Salem NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernUse	informal geographic and historical term rather than an official administrative unit ⓘ
namedAfter	Massachusetts Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Greater Boston area NERFINISHED ⓘ Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousCharacter	strongly Puritan ⓘ
settledBy	Puritans NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	establishment of Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
significantPeriod	17th century ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Council for New England → associatedWith → Massachusetts Bay region ⓘ

Naumkeag → historicalRegion → Massachusetts Bay region ⓘ

Massachusett → nativeTo → Massachusetts Bay region ⓘ

Duxbury, Plymouth Colony → partOf → Massachusetts Bay region ⓘ

Atlantic Ocean via Cape Cod Bay → adjacentTo → Massachusetts Bay region ⓘ

Massachusett-Natick → historicalRegion → Massachusetts Bay region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Massachusetts Bay area