Massachusetts Bay Colony feared that Wampanoag chief Metacom ... Traditionally, the Thanksgiving holiday calls to mind those first settlers’ courage and tenacity. However, the humanity ...

In reality, colonization was achieved by rival groups of settlers ... The Massachusetts Bay authorities quickly stamped down on the publication, banning its circulation in the colony.

The 17th century settlers of Massachusetts Bay Colony needed a variety of supplies to build the colony. They bought some ...

In the 1620s, the first English settlers in Massachusetts had been dissenters from the Church of England: Puritans. More than 150 years later, on the eve of revolution, the colony retained its ...

Over time, the Pilgrims who clung to Plymouth's rocky shores were absorbed into the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Like the Pilgrims, the Puritans believed that the Church of England ...