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The oldest lighthouse in MA was the first in the country. Here's where it is
When the Massachusetts Bay Colony was first founded in 1630, the Puritans struggled from a scarcity of necessary survival goods which lead them to trade. Quite a bit of trade. By the early 1700s ...
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The oldest town in MA is older than the country. Here's where it is
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded in 1630 by a group of Puritan refugees from England led by John Winthrop, and Massachusetts officially became a state in 1788. However, the oldest town in ...
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People and Ideas: Early American Groups
In 1630, the Puritans set sail for America ... Arriving in New England, the Puritans established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in a town they named Boston. Life was hard, but in this stern and ...