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Massachsetts was settled by English settlers in 17th Century.At this time the word 'British' was not used. This term was invented to create a fake identity for the newly formed 'Great Britain' of 1707- The 'union'.
English settlements were around Boston, which was named after the town many colonists came from. This is a farming area in the fenlands of Eastern England.
The reason they came was to escape the religious persecution of non-conformists such as Quakers by the Scottish King James I. Massachsetts was settled by English settlers in 17th Century.At this time the word 'British' was not used. This term was invented to create a fake identity for the newly formed 'Great Britain' of 1707- The 'union'.
English settlements were around Boston, which was named after the town many colonists came from. This is a farming area in the fenlands of Eastern England.
The reason they came was to escape the religious persecution of non-conformists such as Quakers by the Scottish King James I.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 6y agoThey actually didn't set off for Massachusetts, but to Virginia. They had planned to settle in an area near Jamestown, but a storm blew the ship off course. They landed off the coast of Massachusetts and found an abandoned Native American village which helped them. They stayed on the ship until they could establish a colony.
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∙ 7y agoThe Pilgrims came to Massachusetts for religious freedom. They did not like the sinful ways of England. They had first traveled to Holland but they did not like their children learning Dutch. So they paid for passage to the New World. They had planned to come to Virginia, but a storm put them off course and they landed in what is now Massachusetts.
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∙ 7y agoThe Pilgrims left England to have religious freedom. They left Holland because their children were losing their English heritage which the Pilgrims wanted to preserve.
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∙ 12y agoFor fear of lost and control.
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∙ 11y agofor freedom
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Why were nineteen people executed in 1692 in colonial Massachusetts?
Massachusetts was not a colony in 1692. The British had not come over until the 1700s.
Is Karmin British?
No. She is from Brooklyn Massachusetts.
Where abenaki people joined the french in an attack on a british outpost?
Deerfield, Massachusetts
Which british colony legalized slavery in 1641?
Massachusetts
Who was the Massachusetts colonist who spoke out against British taxes?
Sameul Adams and other Anti-British agitators.
Why were nineteen people executed in 1692 in colonial Massachusetts?
Massachusetts was not a colony in 1692. The British had not come over until the 1700s.
Is Karmin British?
No. She is from Brooklyn Massachusetts.
Where does soil come from?
Massachusetts soil comes from Massachusetts.
Who came to Massachusetts?
The Pilgrims were first to come to Massachusetts
What was the Massachusetts Acts?
it is about how the british pairlament was started.
Were did the british go after Lexington?
After Lexington, the British went to Concord, Massachusetts.
Where abenaki people joined the french in an attack on a british outpost?
Deerfield, Massachusetts
Which british colony legalized slavery in 1641?
Massachusetts
Why did the British pass the intolerable?
To punish the Massachusetts colony
What was the Massachusetts government act?
it is about how the british pairlament was started.
One of the laws of the Intolerable Acts placed which colony under British military control?
Massachusetts
Through the Intolerable Acts the British Parliament closed which port?
Boston, Massachusetts
