Comments on: why was the colony of massachusetts founded? http://01243.com/blog/why-was-the-colony-of-massachusetts-founded/ 01243.com Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:09:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: leightonmowbray http://01243.com/blog/why-was-the-colony-of-massachusetts-founded/comment-page-1/#comment-397 leightonmowbray Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:21:27 +0000 http://01243.com/blog/why-was-the-colony-of-massachusetts-founded/#comment-397 Prior to 1685 there were two separate colonies within the boundaries of present-day Massachusetts. The area around Plymouth and Cape Cod, settled by the Pilgrims, was known as Plymouth colony, or the Old Colony. By the mid-1640s its population numbered about 3,000 people. The colonists who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower were a small group of Separatists who had fled to Holland from England to practice their religion without official interference. Economic hardship and a desire to establish an identity free of Dutch influence prompted them to seek out America. The Pilgrims were never granted a royal charter; their government was based on the Mayflower Compact, a document signed by 41 male passengers on the Mayflower five weeks before their arrival in the New World. The compact was hardly democratic, since it called for rule by the elite, but it established an elective system and a basis for limited consent of the governed as the source of authority. The Old Colony was rapidly overshadowed by its Puritan neighbour to the north, the Massachusetts Bay Colony. A lot more at this link. Prior to 1685 there were two separate colonies within the boundaries of present-day Massachusetts. The area around Plymouth and Cape Cod, settled by the Pilgrims, was known as Plymouth colony, or the Old Colony. By the mid-1640s its population numbered about 3,000 people. The colonists who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower were a small group of Separatists who had fled to Holland from England to practice their religion without official interference. Economic hardship and a desire to establish an identity free of Dutch influence prompted them to seek out America. The Pilgrims were never granted a royal charter; their government was based on the Mayflower Compact, a document signed by 41 male passengers on the Mayflower five weeks before their arrival in the New World. The compact was hardly democratic, since it called for rule by the elite, but it established an elective system and a basis for limited consent of the governed as the source of authority. The Old Colony was rapidly overshadowed by its Puritan neighbour to the north, the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

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]]> By: boy loves girls! http://01243.com/blog/why-was-the-colony-of-massachusetts-founded/comment-page-1/#comment-396 boy loves girls! Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:58:42 +0000 http://01243.com/blog/why-was-the-colony-of-massachusetts-founded/#comment-396 ha, lol im doing a project on massachusetts, it was founded by puritans (lol i think its spelled wrong) because they wanted to "purify" the church of england. they wanted to.lol im in school, i finish later, period ended ha, lol im doing a project on massachusetts, it was founded by puritans (lol i think its spelled wrong) because they wanted to “purify” the church of england. they wanted to.lol im in school, i finish later, period ended

]]> By: chrisvoulg1 http://01243.com/blog/why-was-the-colony-of-massachusetts-founded/comment-page-1/#comment-395 chrisvoulg1 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:23:13 +0000 http://01243.com/blog/why-was-the-colony-of-massachusetts-founded/#comment-395 the Puritans felt increasigly uneasy in England and wanted a place for themselves where they could practised their own dogma. that was the reason for the founding of Massachutts colony the Puritans felt increasigly uneasy in England and wanted a place for themselves where they could practised their own dogma. that was the reason for the founding of Massachutts colony

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