Week 3 - Massachusetts

Massachusetts

My topic of discussion this week is Massachusetts which was one of the colonies within the first thirteen states.

Colonisation lasted between the years 1519 and 1733. About 1000 Puritans came from England under Gov. John Winthrop who tried to find their friends who had already landed in one of the colonies beforehand. They came from England as they did not have the same beliefs as the Church of England which resulted in them separating from the church, at the time Massachusetts was known as Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Massachusetts Bay Colony lasted from 1628-1691.

During the colonial period, Massachusetts was founded on Theocracy as well as a running government, this is something that was refined in the seventeenth century as a government that believes in God as the higher ruling government.

Prior to the Europeans arriving on land, there was the Algonquian-tribes including the Massachusett, Nauset and Wampanoag.

The puritans worked hard as they thought it was a honour of God and they thought He rewarded them whenever they were successful in their achievements.

The Massachusetts colony was mainly dominated by its rivers and coastline. Many included the Merrimack as well as a portion of the Connecticut River which was a great trading route for the colony as they were able to transfer timber and furs to Long Island Sound which was a tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean.