why and how was the Massachusetts bay colony formed?

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• The Massachusetts Bay Colony was among the original colonial settlements in the area that is now the United States. Settled by English colonists in 1630, the colony was centered in Boston and Salem and represented the area that blossomed into the state of Massachusetts. The colony was established by the Massachusetts Bay Company and was probably the third major, permanent settlement in the future U.S. colonies. It followed settlements at Jamestown and Plymouth.

  Following the settlement of Plymouth in 1620 by Puritans on the Mayflower and seeking to separate from the Church of England, the Sheffield Land Patent was given to the predecessor of the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1623. Settling Gloucester, Massachusetts, the group left after 3 years. This group, the Dorchester Company, was followed by the New England Company in 1628 and was superseded by the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1630.

  The Massachusetts Bay Colony offered the promise of a new start. Many disillusioned Englishmen, weary from religious persecution from the English Church, looked for freedom to practice their new Puritanism away from the king. They sought economic stability in a land prosperous with trading and farming opportunities, and they looked forward to the abundance of natural resources to allow their success in this new land.

  The Massachusetts Bay Colony lasted its first year and remained one of the important 17th-century colonies of early America. It continued to prosper into the later century, later branching out and combining with important colonies in Boston and the surrounding areas. The colony spawned such names as John Winthrop, its first governor; Roger Williams, an important early minister; and Anne Hutchinson, an important Puritan and early feminist. In 1691, the Massachusetts Bay Colony was combined with Plymouth, Nantucket, Maine and other colonies to form the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

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  The Massachusetts Bay Colony was actually the company that the King had given the right to settle the area of the east coast north of Long Island Sound. It primarily settled around Boston and Salem. In 1691, it was disestablished. Its lands where unified with Plymouth Colony, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, and the Province of Maine to form the Province of Massachusetts (or Massachusetts Colony)

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• It was founded in 1630 and it was founded by a group of about 1,000 puritans refugees from England under governor John Winthrop.